See 2 Moons on 27 August!
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On Aug. 27, when Mars is closer to Earth than ever in human history, the one-way travel time of light and radio signals will be just 3 minutes and 6 seconds. Astronomers love to measure cosmic distances in light-years. In this case, you can think of the distance between the two planets as being 186 light-seconds
Already Mars cannot be missed. Just look low in the east-southeast sky on any clear, balmy evening soon after darkness falls and you'll see a fiery yellow-orange "star" blazing brilliantly.
From now into September, Mars shines with a topaz glow that is brighter than any other object in its region of the sky, except on those nights when the Moon is in the general vicinity (such as on Aug. 12 and 13, which will be a great stretch of time to see the two travelling through the sky together).
So on Aug. 27, according to astronomer Myles Standish at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars will come within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) of Earth at 5:51 a.m. EDT, which is just about as close as it can possibly come.
At that moment, it will then take a light beam 3 minutes and 6 seconds to cross the interplanetary gulf between Earth and Mars.
Things won't appear much different in the nights and mornings immediately surrounding that historic moment, so great observing can be done without worrying about the exact moment.
Opposition comes the following day, Aug. 28. The next opposition to bring Mars this close -- closer, actually -- will not occur until Aug. 29, 2287. The distance will be 34,603,170 miles (55,688,405 kilometers).
Mar will appear as huge as the Moon!
for full articale pls visit http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_progress_030808.html -
Nice.
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i got this email too
i hope in sg can see!! -
Hi TS.
This article was posted in 2003. You are 4 years late. So please check before posting.
Regards,
BabyRex -
2003 topics are expire fyi, this serves as a notice for ppl who might be interested. I dun think ppl will still remember the grave thread. pls refrain from putting unhelpful comments if you ain't interested.Originally posted by BabyRex:Hi TS.
This article was posted in 2003. You are 4 years late. So please check before posting.
Regards,
BabyRex -
Yeah... I remember that this event was pretty big news 4 years ago. As the article states, the next time this happens will be in the year 2287.Originally posted by BabyRex:Hi TS.
This article was posted in 2003. You are 4 years late. So please check before posting.
Regards,
BabyRex
Which goes to show that you have to be careful with your sources. -
something related:
we have 4 eclipse this year
2007, Mar 03: Total Lunar Eclipse
2007, Mar 19: Partial Solar Eclipse
2007, Aug 28: Total Lunar Eclipse
2007, Sep 11: Partial Solar Eclipse
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2007.html -
Originally posted by 105090:
cool! for all the astro fans here~
something related:
we have 4 eclipse this year
2007, Mar 03: Total Lunar Eclipse
2007, Mar 19: Partial Solar Eclipse
[b]2007, Aug 28: Total Lunar Eclipse
2007, Sep 11: Partial Solar Eclipse
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2007.html[/b] -
eh 2003 lol
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Noted
15th of the chinese 7th month
Hmm...
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Haha pwned...
this hoax every year also have. -
can see in tekong so TS pls look out
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how u know.Originally posted by de_middle: can see in tekong so TS pls look out -
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bcoz u said so.......Originally posted by DarkMatter:how u know. -
cool -
the reason why this hoax appears every year is that people keep falling for it.
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Originally posted by hegu:the reason why this hoax appears every year is that people keep falling for it.
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I've got the official word from NASA. But mail deleted.
It's not 2 moons by the way... although it's still about Mars.
SG won't be able to see it... as per usual... -
Originally posted by hegu:the reason why this hoax appears every year is that people keep falling for it.
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No wonder so familiar..
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I'm still waiting for darkness to hack the sun's system...
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issit true x.x
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:I'm still waiting for darkness to hack the sun's system...
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so..Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I've got the official word from NASA. But mail deleted.
It's not 2 moons by the way... although it's still about Mars.
SG won't be able to see it... as per usual...
its not a hoax loh.