Mars email is bogus

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 19, 2005 5:22 pm

Edit: All lies... nothing to see here.

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 its azimuth at about 3 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 12:30a.m. That's 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.

Share this with your children and grandchildren.

NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 19, 2005 5:28 pm

I thought this happened in 2003 . . .

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 19, 2005 5:28 pm

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 19, 2005 5:31 pm

Son of a!! I've been had!

Sorry for misleading everyone - I just got so excited about the planetary proposition!

Thanks for exposing the truth tiki!

But I sure don't remember it in 2003... I must have been busy.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 19, 2005 5:35 pm

S'OK, Jo . . . you CAN see the Perseid meteorite showers on my birthday and the night before ! August 12th . . . every year. Free. But you gotta get away somewhere with not much ambient light. NYC wouldn't do!!!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 19, 2005 8:27 pm

Yummy... Mars

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » July 19, 2005 9:02 pm

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land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 19, 2005 9:04 pm

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