Terimakasih untuk informasi 'MARS' - nya salam, Ishak H.Ismullah
----- Original Message ----- From: Suntana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: [yonsatu] Mars > Ini saya forward informasi dari milis tetangga : > > > http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html > > Be sure to mark your calendar and remember to watch!! > > MARK AUGUST 27th ON YOUR CALENDAR! > > MARS WILL APPEAR AS BIG AS THE MOON! > > FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 5,000 YEARS! > > Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet (Mars) 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 be as long as 60,000 years. > > On August 27, Mars will come 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 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. > But by the end of August when these 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 don't miss it---mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see > Mars grow progressively brighter throughout the month. > > Share this with your friends, children and grandchildren. No one alive > today will ever see this again!!! > > > > --[YONSATU - ITB]---------------------------------------------------------- > Online archive : <http://yonsatu.mahawarman.net> > Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vacation : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --[YONSATU - ITB]---------------------------------------------------------- Online archive : <http://yonsatu.mahawarman.net> Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vacation : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
