Guest guest Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Dear Astrologers: I would be interested in a Jyotish interpretation of Mars being closest to Earth in 5000 years in August 2005. Is there any particular phenomena connected to this event and the Mars transit in sidereal Cancer occurring at the same time that Mars will be closest to Earth? With Mars sandhi at Aquarius-Pisces approaching a conjunction with Rahu in July, is that the reason for restlessness and the morbidity some are expressing and feeling? Is the cauldron being stirred for more blood and war? It seems like shades of Lady Macbeth somehow: (ACT V Scene I. Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle. "Out, damned spot! out, I say!—One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't.—Hell is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him"). Janna Om hum shrim mangalaya namah http://seven_directions.tripod.com/ Time to get out the telescopes or find a friend that has one - or visit the local Observatory! Mars IS the God of WAR! - Battles, Terrorism...find peace within before Mars magnifies the anger within! MARS SPECTACULAR! > > The Red Planet 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 > 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 > > 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. Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN Mars: The red planet Mars has inspired wild flights of imagination over the centuries, as well as intense scientific interest. Whether fancied to be the source of hostile invaders of Earth, the home of a dying civilization, or a rough-and-tumble mining colony of the future, Mars provides fertile ground for science fiction writers, based on seeds planted by centuries of scientific observations. We know that Mars is a small rocky body once thought to be very Earth-like. Like the other "terrestrial" planets - Mercury, Venus, and Earth - its surface has been changed by volcanism, impacts from other bodies, movements of its crust, and atmospheric effects such as dust storms. It has polar ice caps that grow and recede with the change of seasons; areas of layered soils near the Martian poles suggest that the planet's climate has changed more than once, perhaps caused by a regular change in the planet's orbit. Martian tectonism - the formation and change of a planet's crust - differs from Earth's. Where Earth tectonics involve sliding plates that grind against each other or spread apart in the seafloors, Martian tectonics seem to be vertical, with hot lava pushing upwards through the crust to the surface. Periodically, great dust storms engulf the entire planet. The effects of these storms are dramatic, including giant dunes, wind streaks, and wind-carved features. Read More About Mars Metric | English | Scientific Notation Distance from the Sun: 227,936,640 km Equatorial Radius: 3,397 km Volume: 163,140,00,000 km3 Mass: 641,850,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg More Facts Missions to Mars Center for Mars Exploration (NASA Ames Research Center) Mars Exploration (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) The Nine Planets: Mars StarMars Compare Mars to other Planets/Moons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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