Mars Sighting (Up Close)

[Lightknight924]

Some day in August, i'm not quite sure which one. Mars will be able to be seen off to the right of the moon and will look very close. Meteorologists claim that it hasn't happened in 19 million years and won't happen again for another 19 million years. So don't miss it. Oh yeah, discuss whatever there is about this topic to discuss.

[white_boy]

try to figure out what day, im interested in this.

[The_Q]

Didn't this happen already? The whole "Mars is closer than ever?" I thought it was last year.

If so, I recommend reading newspapers that have, you know, news in them.

Q

[vashthestampede0987]

www.google.com By now they probably have mapped out the entire universe.

[Rebirth0]

It's not Google Earth anymore, it's Google Universe. They have such amazing quality pictures that you can see life on other planets.

[british_bmx2005]

Every now and then you can see mars and venus near the moon. Every couple of months...not 19 million years.

[Anticrombie0909]

No, no, no. What's happening is that Mars is moving closer to the Earth than it has been and will again for the next 60,000 years during the month of August. It will be biggest near the end of August, where it will be roughly equivalent in size and detail to the moon.

[XDDRCutieX]

Q, This did happen last year. I was in Niagra Falls when it happened. You never know though, maybe it will happen again.
~Rach~

[Lightknight924]

No, but this one is supposed to be only a little bit smaller than the moon off to the right or left oft it (Probaly the right ). I think it's either August 19 or August 24th not sure and yes it is this year Q.

[gnf]

Come on guys... Check it out for yourselves from NASA

Who would know better?...

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mars_encounter.htm

Here are the facts: Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter this year on October 30th at 0319 Universal Time. Distance: 69 million kilometers. To the unaided eye, Mars will look like a bright red star, a pinprick of light, certainly not as wide as the full Moon.

Disappointed? Don't be. If Mars did come close enough to rival the Moon, its gravity would alter Earth's orbit and raise terrible tides

[jewpinthethird]

RE: Come on guys... Check it out for yourselves from NASA

Funny, because I love how everyone was flipping out last year saying "Mars is as close to Earth as it ever will be for a bajillion years!!!" But I guess they were a year off when they made that prediction and hoped no one would notice if they said it again.

F*cking scientists.

[Mindfields]

Re: Come on guys... Check it out for yourselves from NASA

Who would know better?...

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mars_encounter.htm

Here are the facts: Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter this year on October 30th at 0319 Universal Time. Distance: 69 million kilometers. To the unaided eye, Mars will look like a bright red star, a pinprick of light, certainly not as wide as the full Moon.

Disappointed? Don't be. If Mars did come close enough to rival the Moon, its gravity would alter Earth's orbit and raise terrible tides

This noob owns.