The Mars Event

[Raider666]

So apparently I was reading this stuff today about how in August Mars is going to get exceptionally close to the Earth, a rare cosmic event that won't happen again until 2287 or something like that. It is going to approach the size of the moon in our sky!!!!! This will be epic guys get out your good cameras and telescopes and dust off the lenses!!!!!

 

[PBarnum]

Didn't something like this happen a few years back??

EDIT: Or was it supposed to happen then, only to find out that its happening now?

 

[zeus9860]

FW: TWO MOONS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS

** Two moon on 27 August ***

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

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 happen 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 your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY Will ever see it again.

Also clicky

 

[Thothie]

I blame the martians at 4chan.

Closest mars ever gets is 70 million kilometers, or 2 months by the fastest ships we have on the theoretical drawing board, or so I heard, at which point it still looks like a star. Gets that close every decade or so though.

*sigh* I remember when NASA had plans to get us there by 2004.

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

 

[Tentadrilus]

Shame they're lying, that would have made an excellent belated birthday present.

 

[Stoned]

Interesting....

So it would look like THIS....

and keep in mind that an ARC SECOND is the width of a human hair...

(Curse the poor cut out!)

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

and keep in mind that an ARC SECOND is the width of a human hair...

An arc second is a fraction of a degree (1/3600 of a degree to be exact) and a degree is a unit of angle measurement. Width is denoted in units of length measurement, and therefore you can not measure the width of a human hair in degrees (or fractions thereof).

Quod erat demonstrandum.

It's like having someone ask you "How big is your dick?" only to reply with "About 37 arc minutes."

 

[zeus9860]

Quod erat demonstrandum.

It's like having someone ask you "How big is your dick?" only to reply with "About 37 arc minutes."

Lol, JM and his knowledge speaking.

 

[Thothie]

"How big is your dick?" only to reply with "About 37 arc minutes."

Sounds painful. :\

...and to think I get odd looks when I reply "A little to the left." to the question, "How's it hanging?"

 

[Mikkel]

I heard when Mars gets that close, you can see Pluto.

 

[zeus9860]

I heard when Mars gets that close, you can see Pluto.

i lol'd hard, good one