XWING (NEO)
06/20/2005 11:05 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX It looks like someone is making the rounds again with suggestions Planet X will appear.
THE RED PLANET
Posted By: koko57
Date: Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:46 p.m.
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 2,287. Due to the way Jupiterīs gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can be certain only 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 10:00 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3:00 a.m.
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 a.m. Thatīs pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
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Pretty interesting ... how could Mars appear as a "full moon"? |
Starless
12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX think you may be clutching at straws on this one |
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX Pretty interesting ... how could Mars appear as a "full moon"?
At a modest 75-power magnification
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
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Poor Neo.
Notice the last line of the second paragraph doesnīt form a complete sentence?
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At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. |
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX
OK, didnīt this happen like two summers ago? I distinctly remember going out with two friends to a cabin in northern Washington state on the night Mars was closest - we drank too much beer and couldnīt get the telescope focused. Iīm very confused (but sober now!) |
PhantomWolf
12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX This is a reharsh of an email from 2003 It was wrong then too.... [ link to www.snopes.com] |
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX They just changed the date on the article. It originally said 2003... NOT 05. |
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12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Thatīll be Nancy and Grant then. |
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12/08/2005 10:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: PLANET X DISINFORMATION CREW - AUGUST 27TH - MARS AS BIG AS MOON HOAX Thank you so much, I was kinda freakinī out a little bit. |
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