2007-06-10 11:02:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anikin 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
To the naked eye, it would simply be a much brighter point of light, probably much brighter than Venus. Through even the most humble amateur telescopes, Jupiter would be pretty breathtaking at that range, I'm sure. Even where it is now, with a low cost telescope, you can see the colored bands on a clear night, and the 4 Galilean satellites. If it were that close, you might be able to easily see the red spot, and possibly even another moon or two, depending on how good your telescope is.
It wouldn't look like a big orange ball up in the sky, though. Mars is a long way away indeed.
2007-06-10 11:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by ZeroByte 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jupiter at that distance would be big enough to show a tiny disc to the naked eye, and would be bright enough to be seen in the daytime (though presumably it would be at opposition and only up at night).
Jupiter is 21x the diameter of Mars, which was 25" in diameter then. So Jupiter at the same distance would be nearly 9' (arc-minutes) in diameter. For comparison, the moon's diameter is about 30'.
2007-06-10 11:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have ever seen Jupiter through a telescope, you would already agree that is is quite a site to see! However if it was as close as mars was, you would see it with so much more clarity and I am sure it would be somthing that you would never forget. If looking at it with just your eyes, it would probably appear as bright if not brighter then Venus does in the sky.
2007-06-10 11:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Ted G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!! This is the same internet hoax that has circulated every year since 2003, when Mars was actually as close as it will be for the next 60,000 years or so. When it happened, I was out with my telescope, which has a much higher magnification than 75x, and it STILL appeared as a small red spot. Stop the internet hoax madness.
2016-05-17 04:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by madie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spectacular to say the least but the closeness of such a huge mass might cause severe problems, no harm wondering but it will never happen.
2007-06-14 04:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We would have a bigger problem than a good view, Jupiter's gravity was cause serious problems. We might be kicked out of our orbit.
2007-06-10 11:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im guessing that it would probably alter the tides and it would look like a small disk in the sky, it would be larger than everything else except the moon.
2007-06-10 13:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by TrevaThaKilla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be as bright as a half moon (magnitude -10), and 1/3rd as wide (9' arc).
2007-06-10 11:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by anonymous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh man......its would be like another sun in a sky just not givig off light
2007-06-10 11:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by Nishant P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋