2007-08-27 04:55:44 · 11 answers · asked by Jordan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, it was last night, you missed it.
Here's a picture from my window . . .
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/images/marshoax/labins.jpg
2007-08-27 05:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by RationalThinker 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Mars doesn't rise until about 1 a.m. local daylight time in most places and, when it does, it will look exactly the same as it did last night and will look tomorrow night. Nothing special is happening with Mars tonight; it just happens to be the fourth anniversary of August 27 2003, when Mars really was the closest it's been in 60,000 years. Some idiot keeps posting the email from that year, changing the date from 2003 to 2007. It's now ancient history: if you didn't see it 4 years ago, you've missed it. And it wasn't any bigger than a pinpoint unless you had a look through a telescope.
2007-08-27 12:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Notice the date........
On Aug. 28, 2003, Mars will be at "opposition," the moment when the Sun, Earth and Mars will form a straight line; since we are closer to the Sun than Mars, this is also when we are overtaking Mars in our respective orbits [graphic].
Mars comes to opposition about every 26 months. But because of the elliptical orbits of Earth and Mars, not all oppositions are created equal. The 2003 opposition will be superior to all the others because Mars will be very near to its closest point to the Sun, called perihelion, when it arrives at opposition.
This will be the closest that Mars has come to our planet in nearly 60,000 years.
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2007-08-27 12:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by muddypuppyuk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well yes, of course you can. Mars is visible for most of the year. It rises before midnight to the east-north-east in northern latitudes (about 52N). I don't know what the idiots above are going on about. And anyway, why should you think it's such an amazing occurrence?
2007-08-27 12:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by RobRoy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not. Mars will rise after midnight tonight and will just look like an extra star in the constellation Taurus. Mars will be closer to Earth in its orbit in the winter and rise early in the evening then, but it will still just look like a star.
2007-08-27 12:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true, should be at its closest in quite a few years and the myth pertains to mars being the size of the moon which is impossible.
2007-08-27 12:02:47 · answer #6 · answered by DaLinkWent 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
No, is a myth that someone started.
2007-08-27 12:01:23 · answer #7 · answered by Pinolera 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true. It's 12:30 I heard though.
2007-08-27 12:02:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
no its a hoax................u r the 159th questioner of the same thing
2007-08-27 12:42:49 · answer #9 · answered by kitkat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, yes, i just looked it up, it will not be this close to earth again in about 300 years, cool, i'm gonna check it out for sure
2007-08-27 12:03:27 · answer #10 · answered by stacy B 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋