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[mart]
PSN: mart_likes_fluke

Registered: Jun 2002
Location: England
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Aug-03-2003 16:33
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DJ APX
[ t®åNç€Åðï©tïØn ]™
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: In The Box
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Aug-14-2003 19:17
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Laszlo
The weekend has landed

Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Szekelyföld Status: Official Montreal Canadiens fan of TA
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Aug-15-2003 01:05
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cammie
tranceaddict

Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Paradise, New Jersey
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Re: Mars and the close encounter
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ APX
Mars and the close encounter
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.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to 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 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 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human 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. Share with your children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again. |
woot!! i saw it last nite. we were commin home from a party (my husband, my sister-in-law, her husband and me), it was like 4:30am and i look out the window and point and say "thats Mars, look at it cuz its like the closest its gonna be for the next 50k yrs" and my SIL says "wtf, how do you know that cam?" and i say "i read bout it on TA" and her husband says "i thot TA was a music site" and i say "theres lots more smart ppl on TA than you know, you shuld read it too" and my husband says "my cammie is real smart! she's a TA" hahahaha
So thanks a bunch DJ APX, now sum ppl know im smart, lol 
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ya neva know!
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Aug-21-2003 10:59
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DJ APX
[ t®åNç€Åðï©tïØn ]™
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: In The Box
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Aug-21-2003 20:35
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DJ APX
[ t®åNç€Åðï©tïØn ]™
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: In The Box
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Aug-24-2003 15:23
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