It is said two moons will be visible in the sky. is it true
2006-08-11 14:22:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
This is old
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
2006-08-11 14:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know there are a number of emails floating re "mars sighting", BUT this event occured on Aug 27, 2003. So, not to put a dampener, dont bother to wake up to look for this....however the images are beautiful and if you want to see more you have to google "Mars sighting in Aug' or anything similar and you will see a ton of websites on this subject
The PowerPoint presentations accompanying the e-mail have awesome pics of Mars & Moon both equal in size & next to each other !
2006-08-11 21:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by Praxis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Red Planet is getting progressively closer to Earth with each passing night, and consequently it will slowly appear to grow larger and brighter [story/animations]. By late August 2003, when it will be about 191 million miles closer, the reddish point of light in our night sky will appear more than six times larger and shine some 85 times brighter than it appears now.
At 5:51 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2003, Mars will be within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) of Earth. This will be the closest that Mars has come to our planet in nearly 60,000 years.
On Aug. 28, 2003, Mars will be at "opposition," the moment when the Sun, Earth and Mars will form a straight line; since we are closer to the Sun than Mars, this is also when we are overtaking Mars in our respective orbits [graphic].
Mars comes to opposition about every 26 months. But because of the elliptical orbits of Earth and Mars, not all oppositions are created equal. The 2003 opposition will be superior to all the others because Mars will be very near to its closest point to the Sun, called perihelion, when it arrives at opposition
Such "perihelic oppositions" of Mars are in themselves, rather infrequent, occurring about every 15 to 17 years. The most recent one took place in September 1988, when Mars passed to within 36.5 million miles (58.7 million kilometers) of Earth.
Though Mars' opposition comes comes on Aug. 28, it will be closest to Earth on Aug. 27.
At the close approach, the Red Planet will be brighter than Jupiter and all the stars in the night sky, outshone only by Venus and the Moon.
2006-08-11 23:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Ashish B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is true
planet mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting august.
it will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. this will cultivate on 27th august , when mars comes within 34.65 miles of earth. it will occur on 12:30 a.m. it will look like the earth has two moons.
next time it will come on 2287.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE IT AGAIN
2006-08-12 03:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by googly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not two moons
one moon and other mars
2006-08-12 06:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's true the first statement, but it isn't the second.
this question is all over the network.
you can find some information here:
http://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060805050021AAKMDI6
http://ciencia.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm
2006-08-11 21:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by marumaar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is true and it happnes only once in 2556 years
2006-08-12 12:28:44 · answer #7 · answered by Sankalp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋