Mars close to earth

How cool will that be? It’s going to be closer than it’s been in 6000 years, and the next time it will be this close will be in the year 2287. SO, get your telescopes, or even binoculars out and check out our closest astral neighbor. AND..it’s not going to be the closest to the Earth until October.

So don’t get crazy. According to NASA, who actually knows their stuff, the rumors tend to ramp it up to the over-the-top madness. It simply is an amazing thing that we will be very close to the Red Planet, and will be able to see it as a bright red star. Definitely not as huge as the moon. Also, Europa and Ganymede will be closer, as well.


   

Just when you thought it was safe to read your email….

There’s a rumor about Mars going around the internet. Here are some snippets from a widely-circulated email message:

“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. 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.

Although closest approach is still months away, Mars is already conspicuous in the early morning. Before the sun comes up, it’s the brightest object in the eastern sky, really eye-catching. If you have a telescope, even a small one, point it at Mars. You can see the bright icy South Polar Cap and strange dark markings on the planet’s surface.

Mars August 2010

Internet has become one of the most prompt and instant way to communication and email is one of its tools but sometimes unverified emails can create a fuss among the people just like the news of two moons and Mars August 2010.

An email has been circulated all over the internet that 27th August will be the day when Mars gets closed to the earth in 2010 and you will witness two moons of earth, one is moon and other is Mars. The email also suggests that it only happens once in a life time, next time two moons event will happen in 2287 when no one among us will alive on earth, so don’t miss it and do watch the rare scene of Mars August 2010 as a moon.

Now, this email is not new to the surface. It keeps on coming and hitting the inbox for last almost seven years but every year people started to believe
the email and spend all the night to watch two moons in the sky.

If you believe this email as true then you could be spending your night under naked sky but if you want to know the real information, two moons will never going to happen because Mars can’t go so near to moon to match the size of moon.

If it happens, it will almost be the end of the world because the force of gravity of both Mars and earth will create disturbance all over the place. So, change your plans for watching two moons on 27th August and search for a movie on Mars or moon to get little less embarrassed.