Friday, July 21, 2006

Another Moon on earth?

It this just for a day or in a few days huh? I hope this breaking news is true, I had an e-mail this morning from an anonymous person that inform of another moon that will appear on earth somewhere in August 27. This planet is actually not new to mankind but you see it is actually Mars, I now state what the person sent -

Dear all,

FYI, don't miss out the greatest opportunity.
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultimate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within "34.65M miles" of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
It seems flawless in what this person states, I shall point one that is "34.65M miles" the "M" is shorted out for "million", so do to compare the distance with the original moon that is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) away that means only a hundred thousands. This is what the "original" states -

Orbital characteristics

Mars has an eccentricity higher than most of the other planets in the solar system, and has an average distance from the Sun of roughly 230 million km (1.5 AU). Its orbital period is 687 (Earth) days, but the solar day (or sol) on Mars is only slightly more than an Earth day: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds. See time keeping on mars.

Approximately every 780 days opposition occurs, which is when Mars is nearest to Earth. This minimum distance varies between about 55 and 100 million km due to the planets elliptical orbits.

On August 27, 2003, at 9:51:13 UT, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 km (approximately 35 million miles) without Light-time correction. This occurred when Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57.617BC.

Detailed analysis of the solar system's gravitational landscape forecasts an even closer approach in 2287. However, this record approach was only very slightly closer than other recent close approaches. For instance, the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 AU, compared to 0.37271 AU on August 27, 2003, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will be 0.37278 AU.

@Wikipedia.com

But unfortunatly the original stated on "27 August, 2003" NOT 2006! I guess this email was from 3 years ago! I guess its year or month will never be certain in the near future-

Observations

To a naked-eye observer, Mars usually shows a distinct yellow, orange or reddish color, and varies in brightness more than any other planet as seen from Earth over the course of its orbit, due to the fact that when furthest away from the Earth it is more than seven times as far from the latter as when it is closest (and can be lost in the Sun's glare for months at a time when least favourably positioned). At its most favourable times — which occur twice every 32 years, alternately at 15 and 17-year intervals, and always between late July and late September — Mars shows a wealth of surface detail to a telescope. Especially noticeable, even at low magnification, are the polar ice caps.[40]

Photograph of a Martian sunset taken by Spirit at Gusev crater, May 19th, 2005.
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Photograph of a Martian sunset taken by Spirit at Gusev crater, May 19th, 2005.

A transit of the Earth as seen from Mars will occur on November 10, 2084. At that time the Sun, the Earth and Mars will be exactly in a line. There are also transits of Mercury and transits of Venus, and the moon Deimos is of sufficiently small angular diameter that its partial "eclipses" of the Sun are best considered transits (see Transit of Deimos from Mars).

The only occultation of Mars by Venus to be observed was that of October 3, 1590, seen by M. Möstlin at Heidelberg.[41]

@Wikipedea.com


I guess its November 10, 2084 then, Still I be able to see to live in this world...I think so if im able at 106 years old haha....and if god wills it :) and i wonder, what "if" it really happen this year (2006)...Whoa!!!

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