First Time in Human History
Keep your eyes open...
For the first time in Human History. Mars is going to be a second moon of
earth for a day.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.
The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! 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 ars 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. By August 27, Mars will look as large as the full
moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its
azimuth at about 3 a.m. 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 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being
has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of
August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the
month.
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