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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (26243)7/4/2005 7:42:57 PM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (3) of 361858
 
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.
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> 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 10 p.m. and
>reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
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> 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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