Mars & Moon for those in to Space and beyond

JChlupsa · #1 07-23-2003, 06:27 AM

Subject: MARS

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 be 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 to he
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 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 se en 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.

<font color="red">Except for maybe <font color="blue">MotownMadman </font> since he will be on the moon and most likely live longer </font>

JoeG · #2 07-23-2003, 07:04 AM

HawaiianCamaro,
Jeff----Mahalo-- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]--------JoeG

Great --Motown on the moon , now when it rains , I WON'T know whether it's Mother Nature or just Motown taking a WHIZ! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] Man,--- I hate yellow snow [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]------ [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

**Mr70** · #3 07-23-2003, 01:37 PM

What about Uranus..... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

JChlupsa · #4 07-23-2003, 04:26 PM

thats one I wont touch!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif[/img]

Belair62 · #5 07-24-2003, 03:03 AM

Did you mean the Uranus Corp. ? Anyone remember the movie Groove Tube ? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img] They manufacture a substance called Brown 25.

JoeG · #6 07-24-2003, 03:16 AM

Belair62,
" Brown 25"---Sounds pretty sinister [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif[/img]----JoeG

**Charley Lillard** · #7 07-24-2003, 01:29 PM

Ha !!!!! Leave it to you Belair to remember the Groove Tube. Remember the little Creature talking to you ...and then they slowly Zoom in and you figure out it is Private parts...

Belair62 · #8 07-24-2003, 07:00 PM

I remember the Brown 25 coming out of a faucet !You mean the little pecker head dude eh Charley?? I still laugh when I think of that movie but I guess we are dating ourselves..."Things are always coming out different..from Uranus" !!!

JChlupsa · #9 08-28-2003, 06:58 AM

PIC from NASA. One of the guys over at Dryden Flight Test Center sent me a link so I could view so I thought i would post a pic here since most of you are getting ready to head out for some real fun

DjD · #10 08-28-2003, 06:21 PM

Wasn't the slogan for Brown 25 "another fine product from Uranus corporation" anyone remember what the little guy was talking about as the camera zoomed in on him?

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