parhamreza Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Firstly, it happend in August 27th of 2003. Secondly, it was only 60 KM closer to the earth and only a little bit brighter than normal (much smaller than the moon, about the size of venus). Thirdly, it has already been about this close to earth many many times before: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watcht...achingmars.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung1616 Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 (edited) how big will it appear then, based on your calculations :D 586129375[/snapback] It won't be the same or anywhere near as big as the Moon (3474 km diameter) as Mars is Diameter: 6,794 KM, the moon 290,000 miles or so away, Mars 34,000,000. Cody Edited July 2, 2005 by cyoung1616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksalls Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 my birthday... i always knew i was superman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted July 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 6, 2005 http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html 586138525[/snapback] :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0se Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 ohhh weeeeeeeeeeeee how exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 we've been so lucky in our lifetime. i mean: millenium, solar eclipse, olympics, and now this. edit: nevermind. fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 It's not fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kupo-Cheer Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 It isn't fake, but it happened 2 years ago... it won't happen again for a LONG time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern comfort Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 The perfect setting for Mars Attacks / War of the Worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Arcanine Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Gah...read the actual articlesource: actual article posted by lardiop! Slightly small and in October this time... 586128610[/snapback] Hey in the article if you look at the amateur picture of Mars, you can see a blue tint around it. It is the same blue tint that you can see around pictures of earth. I did a google search and came up with one: http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/student/Earth.jpg You can see it if you look closely at the edges. When Oppitunity and Spirit landed on Mars, the first pictures of Mars out of NASA had a blue atmosphere (basically they were taken of the room where people from NASA were looking at the pictures during one of the first press conferences). I saw them on MSNBC. Any ideas why this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishid Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Wow that is pretty exciting, can't wait for this. Try out me new Canon XLR (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted August 6, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bumb so people don't forget. About 20 days away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 The aliens are coming... :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bumb so people don't forget. About 20 days away. 586334388[/snapback] Try reading the rest of the thread :pinch: http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp * Mars passed extraordinarily close to Earth in August 2003: True. * Mars will pass extraordinarily close to Earth in August 2005: False. * Mars will pass close to Earth in October 2005: True. 586129379[/snapback] http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html 586138525[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted August 6, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted August 6, 2005 Try reading the rest of the thread :pinch: 586336766[/snapback] I did, that post/statement is false :rolleyes: . 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-T- Member Posted August 6, 2005 Member Share Posted August 6, 2005 Ok so the other statements which are an exact copy of what you pasted, but referring to 2 years ago, are false, though this did happen 2 years ago. What are the odds of the exact same data being correct now, dude accept it, you were wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[hxc] Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 pretty sure there was already something about this, i can't wait for the day though. it's gonna be a really wicked sight. i'll have to inform my grandpa, he has has some nice telescopes and a really wicked camera, he sends us close ups of the moon all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) if Mars gets as close as this hoax says it will, there will be chaos on Earth, the gravitational tugs from MArs and the Sun, including our moon. Will create earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural catastrophies. Take a ball, poke holes at the top, fill it with water than squeeze that ball. And you will see water gushing out, THAT'S what will happen to this planet. Pure chaos. Mars is gonna be a bit closer than usual, but nowwhere near what this hoax says, Mars is on an elliptical orbit compared to our orbit around the sun, so there is times where the distance between us is lessened, but it is not possible for our planet to get as close to mars such as this false rumor that this email is sending out to folks. Study planetary orbits of our solar system and you will know that this is a FAKE, simple as that! July 7, 2005: There's a rumor going around. You might have heard it at a 4th of July BBQ or family get-together. More likely you've read it on the Internet. It goes like this:"The Red Planet is about to be spectacular." "Earth is catching up with Mars [for] the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history." "On August 27th ? Mars will look as large as the full moon." And finally, "NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN." Right: "Close Encounters" by graphic artist Duane Hilton. Those are snippets from a widely-circulated email. Only the first sentence is true. The Red Planet is about to be spectacular. The rest is a hoax. Here are the facts: Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter this year on October 30th at 0319 Universal Time. Distance: 69 million kilometers. To the unaided eye, Mars will look like a bright red star, a pinprick of light, certainly not as wide as the full Moon. Disappointed? Don't be. If Mars did come close enough to rival the Moon, its gravity would alter Earth's orbit and raise terrible tides. Sixty-nine million km is good. At that distance, Mars shines brighter than anything else in the sky except the Sun, the Moon and Venus. The visual magnitude of Mars on Oct. 30, 2005, will be -2.3. Even inattentive sky watchers will notice it, rising at sundown and soaring overhead at midnight. You might remember another encounter with Mars, about two years ago, on August 27, 2003. That was the closest in recorded history, by a whisker, and millions of people watched as the distance between Mars and Earth shrunk to 56 million km. This October's encounter, at 69 million km, is similar. To casual observers, Mars will seem about as bright and beautiful in 2005 as it was in 2003. nasa ownage Edited August 7, 2005 by ripgut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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