[Rhodes22-list] FW: Mars Alert

[Mark Kaynor]

Ed,

Mars info: 
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15may_1.htm

Mark

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> Slim:
> Do you have an internet site/reference for the mars info?
>              Ed K
> 
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> 
> Close Encounter With Mars
>  
> Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular. This
> month and next Earth is catching up with Mars, 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 have been as long as 60,000 years.
>  
> The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within
> 34,649,589 miles 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
> does to the naked eye.
>  
> Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August Mars will rise in
> the
> east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. And 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. That's pretty convenient when it
> comes to seeing something that no human 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.
> Share with your children and grandchildren.
> No one alive today will ever see this again.
>  
> 
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