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Mars passed extraordinarily close to Earth in August 2003
Mars will not pass extraordinarily close to Earth in August 2006
Mars did make an extraordinarily close approach to Earth which culminated on 27 August 2003, when the red planet came within 35 million miles (or 56 million kilometers) of Earth, its nearest approach to us in almost 60,000 years. At that time, Mars appeared approximately 6 times larger and 85 times brighter in the sky than it does ordinarily.
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2006-08-08 02:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I deducted that it would be August 27, 2006 from this:

This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

2006-08-08 02:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification.

2006-08-08 02:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

on each and every occasion Mars is interior the night sky it extremely is seen to the bare eye - that is surely particularly common to confirm. yet no longer stunning now, because of the fact stunning now Mars is on the different area of the solar as considered from Earth, so Mars is above the horizon interior the daylight hours and under the horizon at night. the subsequent time you will have the means to confirm Mars would be commencing the two previous due this twelve months or early next twelve months (2007), while it is going to likely be seen interior the east in basic terms formerly daybreak. As time is going on it is going to upward push in the previous and in the previous. it is going to attain opposition in December 2007, it extremely is while it is going to upward push at sunset and be interior the sky all night long. it is going to proceed to upward push in the previous and in the previous, making it greater handy to confirm interior the night after sunset. Mars and Earth get close to to one yet another greater or less each and every 2 years (yet no longer precisely!) - the two planets orbit the solar, yet Mars takes longer to circulate as quickly as around than Earth does. sometimes those close passes are nearer than at different cases (because of the fact planets' orbits are actually not appropriate circles). In 2003 the close bypass substitute into nearer than it have been in centuries, and nearer than it is going to likely be back in centuries, however the actual distinction in closeness is particularly small, incredibly speaking.

2016-11-04 03:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

August 27, 2006 @ aroun 12:00pm.

2006-08-08 02:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by cutesmartstupid 1 · 0 0

You know, I read something that gave the date but then disclaimed it as a hoax, so I don't know. But my eyes are peeled everyday, so we'll just hafta wait and see.

2006-08-08 02:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

if it's not cloudy, most of this month mars will appear larger and brighter. don't miss it. long time til it does this again.

2006-08-08 02:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

don't believe it, i have received that email every August for the past 4 years.

2006-08-08 02:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by tweetymay 6 · 0 0

Ballyhoo. Don't believe it. See below.

2006-08-08 02:56:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anton 3 · 0 0

on 32nd FEBRUARY!!!

lol

2006-08-08 02:54:06 · answer #10 · answered by Rebecca 3 · 0 0

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