BajaNomad

Mars is coming

woody with a view - 8-6-2010 at 08:08 PM

i got an email stating that Mars will come to within 34,000,000 miles of earth over the next few weeks culminating on Aug 27. Mars will be as bright as the full moon and has not come that close in 5000 years......

if it's true it should be fairly awesome! anyone able to verify this via another source?

Mexitron - 8-6-2010 at 08:15 PM

I've seen iterations of that email for several years...yes Mars is/was very close, and while as bright as the full moon per square unit perhaps, its in reality just a brighter Mars than usual................

bajaguy - 8-6-2010 at 08:16 PM

Any word on Uranus????? :lol:

vandenberg - 8-6-2010 at 08:18 PM

You missed it by a few years.
This took place in 2003.
Don't feel bad, I got the same mail from a friend.
Must make its way around the net.:biggrin::biggrin:

BMG - 8-6-2010 at 08:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by vandenberg
You missed it by a few years.
This took place in 2003.
Don't feel bad, I got the same mail from a friend.
Must make its way around the net.:biggrin::biggrin:
I remember wondering why there were 2 moons in the sky back then. Thought it was just the moonshine.

woody with a view - 8-6-2010 at 08:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by vandenberg
You missed it by a few years.
This took place in 2003.
Don't feel bad, I got the same mail from a friend.
Must make its way around the net.:biggrin::biggrin:


DAMN, i was battening down the hatches prepping for 2012.....:?:

No...I think it's a hoax

mcfez - 8-6-2010 at 09:19 PM

Was reading about this a few months ago. Might be this:

http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

irenemm - 8-6-2010 at 10:52 PM

well you may have missed that mars but you can always catch another one at the candy counter.

jak - 8-7-2010 at 03:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by soulpatch
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Any word on Uranus????? :lol:


Capt. Kirk, Spock and the Klingons are there.

acadist - 8-7-2010 at 06:03 AM

Seen by the moon?:lol::lol::lol:
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Any word on Uranus????? :lol:

CaboRon - 8-7-2010 at 06:26 AM

Sorry, but Snoops declairs the Mars story to be a hoax ...

Mexitron - 8-7-2010 at 07:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaboRon
Sorry, but Snoops declairs the Mars story to be a hoax ...


Its not entirely a hoax, as the article in snopes explains--Mars did have two close encounters with us, in 2003 and 2007, but as is usual with emails things get embellished---Mars was just a little brighter than usual.

astrobaja - 8-7-2010 at 08:20 AM

Yes its a standard yearly mars hoax, something us amatuer astronomers have to dispell all the time.

If Mars were indeed the same size as the full moon in the sky it would be VERY bad for the Earth. Can you say tidaly ripped apart?
Think Bill Murrays line from Ghostbusters!

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

Bob H - 8-7-2010 at 08:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Any word on Uranus????? :lol:


I can see Uranus from my big deck! :spingrin::yes::tumble::lol:

Two versions....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMkEfuWZHM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmHWg3dhEGQ



[Edited on 8-7-2010 by Bob H]

woody with a view - 8-7-2010 at 09:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Any word on Uranus????? :lol:


i don't get it?

:?:

acadist - 8-7-2010 at 09:31 AM

Can you say Dec 2012!
Quote:
Originally posted by astrobaja
Think Bill Murrays line from Ghostbusters!

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!