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 cultimate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth.
Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am.
It will look like the earth has 2 moons.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Did you see it?
2006-08-26 21:08:19 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
IT'S A HOAX...THE SAME RUMOR WAS FLOATING AROUND LAST YEAR.
IF IT WERE TRUE I'M SURE NASA WOULD HAVE IT ON IT'S SITE.
2006-08-26 21:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by mchaz60 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to any rumours that are being circulated, Mars will never appear to be as big as the moon when viewed from Earth.
Giving in to account of Mars' eccentric orbit, the distance from Earth varies from 36 million miles (nearest planet after Venus) to over 250 million miles. Proportionately, this six-fold distance variation is the greatest of any planet.So even at it's closest, Mars will look smaller than Venus.
The moon is 238,855 miles from the Earth.
2006-08-27 05:06:52 · answer #2 · answered by Tim C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO!!! NASA has been sending out their news letters for over a week now that that is a hoax. Mars is actually farther away at this time in its orbit and is getting hard to even see with the naked eye. Go to NASA.gov and read the articles there about this scam.
2006-08-27 05:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be making a relatively close approach this time around, but it will not look as big as the moon. It will still just look like a pink-ish star.
This question has been asked 10 -12 times per day for the last few weeks.
2006-08-27 04:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by Ken H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as the others have said, it's a hoax... heres another nasa link...
http://verity01.jpl.nasa.gov/sse/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=827
it's loosely based on fact, because Mars did come very close to earth last year, but not nearly as close as the chain email claims.
2006-08-27 05:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by dave_eee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep i saw it it was orange...i saw on the way from b-ball at like 5 pm
2006-08-27 05:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by {««мα∂gυу»»} 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I know that it is a hoax.
2006-08-27 17:12:20 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but i wonder if it's true??
2006-08-27 04:12:42 · answer #8 · answered by cork1904 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't see it! =(
2006-08-27 04:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by MaryThomas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.....did you????????????????????????
2006-08-27 05:09:13 · answer #10 · answered by nap 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋