The Red Planet is coming close!

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The Red Planet is coming

close!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" No one alive today will ever see this again "

 

Dear All,

 

Please get out your Telescopes and get ready to see the Red

Planet in August!!!

 

CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH MARS

 

 

Never again in your (or my) lifetime will the Red Planet be so

spectacular This month and next Earth is catching up with Mars,

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. The

encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to

within 34,649,589 miles 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 Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its

azimuth at about 3 a.m. But 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 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient

when it comes to seeing something that no human 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! No one alive today will ever

see this again.

 

 

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