MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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> > http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html <http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_preview_021108.html>
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> > Be sure to mark your calendar and remember to watch!!
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> > MARK AUGUST 27th ON YOUR CALENDAR!
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> > MARS WILL APPEAR AS BIG AS THE MOON!
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> > FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 5,000 YEARS!
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> > Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet(Mars) be so spectacular!
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> > 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.
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> > On August 27, Mars will come 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 3a.m. But by the end of August when these 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 convenientwhen it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history.
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> > So don't miss it---mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter throughout the month.
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> > Share this with your friends, children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again!!!
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