will it look like this? On 7/5/05, bobby villanueva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > 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 atta! in 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 > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Sports > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > > Ask our other classmates to subscribe, tell them to send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [img]http://www.danasoft.com/sig/go0dspeed.jpg[/img] > > > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "4c-math94" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > > >
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