[MIham] First Time in Human History - don miss it

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Thx Con, 4 This one!

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> Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.
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> NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.
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> 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 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. 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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