[GeoStL] Re: NGR: worth looking at
- From: "Susan Ring" <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:39:59 -0500
There's something amusing about email (supposedly instantaneous) being used
to circulate news that's 2 years old. It's a funny world we live in these
days :-)
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric East
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:00 AM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: worth looking at
Story of my life... LOL
I just got the e-mail so I assumed it was current.
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: Gale R. Nie
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:57 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: worth looking at
Unfortunately, you're 2 years late. :-(
http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Mars/MarsThePlanet/MarsNearEarth.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_history_030826.html
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric East
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:17 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] NGR: worth looking at
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From: Heberlein
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Fw: [Fwd: worth looking at]
This is extremely interesting and worth passing on.
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> 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
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> 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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> Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO ONE ALIVE
TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN
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