This Mars e-mail is a circulation from 2003. Please do not mistake it for 2005.
Go here for more information: http://www.graaa.org/mars2005.htm ---------------------------------------------------- --- myfriendtheSTRIPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Aug 14, 2005 4:43 PM > Subject: Fwd: [tech4all] Mars will be closely > visible on 27th Aug > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "R.Natraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:34:06 +0100 (BST) > Subject: [tech4all] Mars will be closely visible on > 27th Aug > > > > > > > > > > > > > mars > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > Plans Are Nothing, Action is Everything > > ________________________________ > Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi > shopping, contests and > lots more. > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html > > > > Plans are Nothing, Actions are Everything > > ________________________________ > Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi > shopping, contests and > lots more. > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Technical support Computer security Computer > technical support > Computer training Free computer technical support > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "tech4all" 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. > > ________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hiro24c/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705115386:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124101226/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tech4all/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
