and is true that can i see it the planet without telescope because his size will be the same than the moon?
2006-08-12 07:02:42 · 11 answers · asked by jcthola 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
NO!
From snopes.com:
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. (The message quoted above was often reproduced with an unfortunate line break in the middle of the second sentence of the second paragraph, leaving some readers with the mistaken impression that Mars would "look as large as the full moon to the naked eye" and not realizing that the statement only applied to those using viewing Mars through a scope with 75-power
magnification.)
2006-08-12 07:07:50 · answer #1 · answered by Harry_Cox 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, that's no longer actual, that's an hoax, I were given it with the help of e-mail, and it has being round because 2003, so that's no longer actual. that's what it stated on an internet web page: MARS HOAX: A bogus e-mail is going around the web. It claims that Mars will be traditionally on the point of Earth on August 27, 2006--so close that Mars will look as large because the completed Moon. this isn't actual. indexed decrease than are the info: On August twenty seventh, Mars will be on the different area of the image voltaic device, about 385 million kilometers from Earth. The red planet will look tiny and dim, no longer something like an total Moon.
2016-11-24 21:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see Mars without a telescope but it will not be the same size as the moon.
2006-08-12 07:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question has been answered on here about 50 times already. It is a hoax. Mars did orbit very close to Earth in 2003 but even then it was not as large to the naked eye as the moon. The event has come and gone.
2006-08-12 07:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe the date is october 17th but check this.
You can see mars without a telescope anytime if you know where to look. But at one point it will be easy to see because it will be almost as clear as the moon, as you said.
2006-08-12 07:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that happened in 2003 and even then it wasn't as big as the moon. There are e-mails circulating saying that it is happening this year, but they just changed the date from the original e-mail that was sent three years ago.
2006-08-12 07:24:25 · answer #6 · answered by pseudonym 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not an expert, but i have gone star gazing in the summer (i live in new york) and i definitely see mars without a telescope. it looks like a star, but it's a little brighter and has a reddish glow.
2006-08-12 07:07:07 · answer #7 · answered by billie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that was last year or the year before, it was low on the horizon whilst I watched it in Borneo.
2006-08-12 07:06:48 · answer #8 · answered by cerebus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be as close to the Earth as it ever gets.
It will be easily visible - roughly as bright as the brightest stars - but that's about it.
2006-08-12 07:09:45 · answer #9 · answered by F. Frederick Skitty 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://skytonight.com/observing/skychart/3308911.html?page=1&c=y
2006-08-12 09:16:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋