EVER HEARD OF THE RED PLANET, MARS ?
A close friend of mine emailed me this phenomenon sometime ago and I have been trying to post it into Philkans blog. Trouble is, it is in my Inbox and it comes in Slide form, the blog will not accept images from emails. So here it is without the beautiful slides of Mars.
MARS, known as the Red Planet, is now appearing in spectacular fashion throughout this month of August, 2006.
Mark your calendar if you have not heard of it yet, especially on August 27, 2006.
This month and next, Earth will catch up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars will come this close : The year 2287 !!!
Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on Mars and disturbs 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, 2006, when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth. It will be (next to the Moon) the brightest object in the night sky.
It will attain a brightness magnitude of – 2.9 and will appear 2.1 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification.
To the naked eye, Mars will look as large as the full Moon. It will be so easy to spot : “as large as the full Moon to the naked eye”. Since the beginning of August, 2006, it rises in the East at 10 pm and reached its azimuth at about 3:00 am.
By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 am.
That’s pretty convenient to see something that NO human being has seen in recorded history.
Start watching MARS now as it grows progressively brighter and brighter throughout this month of August.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN !!! (asusim@sbcglobal.net)
MARS, known as the Red Planet, is now appearing in spectacular fashion throughout this month of August, 2006.
Mark your calendar if you have not heard of it yet, especially on August 27, 2006.
This month and next, Earth will catch up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars will come this close : The year 2287 !!!
Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on Mars and disturbs 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, 2006, when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth. It will be (next to the Moon) the brightest object in the night sky.
It will attain a brightness magnitude of – 2.9 and will appear 2.1 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification.
To the naked eye, Mars will look as large as the full Moon. It will be so easy to spot : “as large as the full Moon to the naked eye”. Since the beginning of August, 2006, it rises in the East at 10 pm and reached its azimuth at about 3:00 am.
By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 am.
That’s pretty convenient to see something that NO human being has seen in recorded history.
Start watching MARS now as it grows progressively brighter and brighter throughout this month of August.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN !!! (asusim@sbcglobal.net)
posted by MAHARLIKANG PILAK at 12:03 AM
1 Comments:
I have this "event" in my calendar. I hope I remember to look at it before the 27th (hihihihihi)!! Kung makalimutan ko, i-post mo agad ang makikita mo, ha? Thanks.
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