Here is the forward I got:
Mars
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that
will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in
recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is
in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth
in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as
60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest
75-power magnification
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the
beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m.
and reach it
2007-08-20 05:15:31 · 16 answers · asked by eastmain700 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. In the summer of 2003, Mars got almost as close to Earth as it ever does. To the naked eye, Mars was visibly a little larger and easier to spot in the sky, but it never looked as large as the full moon.
Unfortunately, ever since then, the same story has been making the rounds again every summer that Mars is visible in the sky.
2007-08-20 05:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by Navigator 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That last paragraph is non-sense. Its easy to see an idiot just added it on.
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that
will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in
recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is
in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth
in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as
60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest
75-power magnification
Mars appear to take up half the sky and will rain down red fiery rock. The last time this happened the rocks reportedly aimed at humans and infected theentire population with the bulla bowonga virus which turned them all into random e-mail believing fools for all time. No one noticed this effect until about 10 years ago.
2007-08-20 05:28:31 · answer #2 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not genuine. Use some hassle-free experience: How could desire to Mars, a strategies away because it incredibly is, in all hazard look as great because of the fact the Moon? have you ever _ever_ seen a planet as great because of the fact the Moon? it incredibly is an city fantasy which began with an email which replaced into variety of genuine in 2003, that Mars could be very close and glossy. It additionally had a line in it which pronounced that Mars, IN A 75x TELESCOPE, could look as great because of the fact the Moon with the bare eye. someplace alongside the way, the "with a telescope" bit disappeared. August 2003 got here and went, and diverse human beings had dazzling perspectives of Mars with the aid of telescopes presented by ability of beginner astronomers worldwide. Then the e-mail resurfaced in 2004, while Mars replaced into on the a strategies ingredient of the sunlight. however in 2005, while Mars replaced into in opposition in October, not August, and actually lots smaller. however in 2006, while Mars replaced into lower back on the a strategies ingredient of the sunlight. however in 2007, while opposition replaced into in December, and Mars smaller nonetheless. Now, you have been fooled by ability of this pretend email in 2009! Mars is lower back on the a strategies ingredient of the sunlight. while will human beings learn that astronomical activities are envisioned for a definite date, which has surely not something to do with Earth years, and you will be able to't merely shop recycling the comparable prediction and changing the year? each thing on Mars occurs in a 26 month cycle: August 2003, October 2005, December 2007, January 2010, etc. The data: in August 2009, Mars would be very a strategies faraway from the Earth. even while it next gets close, in January 2010, it is going to nonetheless be two times as a strategies away because it replaced into in August 2003. or perhaps then, it replaced into in hassle-free terms a million/seventy 5 the dimensions of the Moon.
2016-10-16 05:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This is an old urban legend. In 2003, Mars did pass very close and was 6 times larger and 85 times brighter than it usually is. However, it only looked as big as the moon through a 75 power lens.
2007-08-20 05:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by razorj06 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Mars will never appear that large to us here on earth. This is a hoax email - NASA has a whole thing dispelling it, as does Snopes.com. A couple years back, Mars was closer to us than normal, and appeared a bright orange-ish star.
2007-08-20 05:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by slushpile reader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
2007-08-20 05:23:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dingus M 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That e-mail is a complete hoax -- a repeat from one about 2 years ago.
On 8/27 Mars will look like a point of light, slightly reddish in color, and even dimmer that some of other stars nearby (also points of light).
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2007-08-20 05:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just think about it a bit and ask yourself if it seems at all reasonable that something that usually is as big as a star would suddenly become 100 times larger.
Then re-read the article and see what it actually says.
2007-08-20 06:09:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read closer: it means that Mars, as seen through the telescope, will look as big as the moon looks when you look at it with your own two eyes.
2007-08-20 05:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No this is not true. If you go to snopes.com, it will explain the rumor. It is on the top 25 list of rumors, tells where it originated and why it's false.
2007-08-20 05:22:44 · answer #10 · answered by James J 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋