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Re: Time to see Mars
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003 18:26:12 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Aaron Sneary wrote:
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The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
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Indeed!
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The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within
34,649,589 miles of Earth 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.
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As much as I have been excited about this since reading an article that said the
same thing, I don’t quite understand how a “75-power magnification” can be
considered by “the naked eye”. Either we have binoculars or telescopes or we
have the naked eye. I don’t think we can have both at once.
;P
-Grammatic Mediator Hendo
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) What they mean is that 75xMars (magnified Mars) is approximately the same size as 1xMoon (naked eye moon)... --Bram (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Time to see Mars
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| The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in 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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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