I heard something about how you will be abel to see mars with the naked eye on sunday and monday. Were can i go on the internet to learn more about this.
2006-08-23 06:53:13 · 8 answers · asked by rebel_slash_hippy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
This was posted earlier this week.
It's happening again.
For the third time in three years, people are writing to us, amazed and confused about a new email in their inboxes announcing, among other things, that Mars will be closer than ever in recorded history in August 2006.
What's more, the email says, "Mars will look as large as the full moon to the unaided eye."
But, although it contains a grain of truth, this email is a hoax.
Mars will NOT be particularly close to Earth in August 2006.
The email is a rehash from 2003. Though based in a true event from that year, it was wildly exaggerated the first time it circulated.
In August of 2003, Mars came minutely closer to Earth than it had in recorded history. Then it appeared as a blazing red "star" in our night sky. But Mars did not - never has and never will - appear as large as the full moon. As seen from Earth, the only object that appears as big as the full moon in our night skies is the full moon itself. See the Earth & Sky article Can Mars appear as large as the moon?
Mars comes close to Earth about every two years, whenever Earth passes between Mars and the sun. Every 15 years, Mars comes particularly close. That's what was happening in 2003.
I've seen a couple of these very close approaches of Mars over my career as a skywatcher. They are impressive and beautiful. For a month or so, Mars blazes very bright. But the size of a full moon? Never.
So what's happening with Mars this year? Nothing at all.
For most of 2006, Mars is on the far side of the sun from us. Throughout late July and August 2006, Mars is about as inconspicuous as it can get. It's low in the west after sunset. By September 2006 - as Earth continues to outrace Mars in orbit - our faster motion in orbit will bring the sun between us and Mars. Then Mars won't be visible at all. It'll be crossing the sky with the sun during the day.
When we next see Mars, around the end of 2006, it'll be in the east before dawn. For several months it'll be as inconspicuous in the east before dawn as it now in the west after sunset.
But Earth will still be racing along in orbit, in contrast to Mars' slower speed. We'll catch up to Mars again, and pass between it and the sun in December of 2007.
That's when Mars will appear bright in our sky again
2006-08-23 06:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't . Mars is set till next April .
It's a hoax..
I heard about the Mars hoax and the answer is no . I'll tell you the real scoop on it . In 2003 it was in fact true ! Mars was the closest it's ever been on August 27 2003 .
The next year a New York Observatory reprinted the story again on the August 27th date for a joke . It was hown in the states on the local news and they said " The latest Mars craze is going on again this year , It was said to be started again by a new york observatory as a joke and well it's been listed as spam. And it currently is circulating the internet as a forward . We spoke to our local astronomers to get the story and they showed us where Mars is . Under the horizon till next year. t's completely not true this year , It did actually happen last in 2003 as we all know but this time it's a joke. an April fools joke . No madness intended . "
So it's been floating around for 2 years . Actually there is alot of it going around, crazy emails floating areound of it , observatory phones ringing off the hook .
It has turned into one big hoax . For further reading put in Mars Hoax into google & google news .
Next year the Mars Hoax will float again I bet !
2006-08-23 07:57:40 · answer #2 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars is on the far side of the sun right now and cannot be seen. What you read is a rehash from the Mars opposition of August 2003...and even then the description was wildly inaccurate.
2006-08-23 07:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars is on the far side on the Sun this month and is not visible at all from Earth. The E-mail that says it will be closer than ever August 27 is all wrong.
2006-08-23 07:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in a British shop that sells chocolate bars.
2006-08-23 07:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Astronomy.com!
2006-08-23 06:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wll they should send you an email wich i havent got yet
2006-08-23 09:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by AvesPro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try www.space.com or www.nasa.gov
2006-08-23 06:58:22 · answer #8 · answered by casey_leftwich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋