Simviation Forum - Martian Highlights in the Moonlight

Aug 16^th, 2010 at 6:38pm

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August 26 - 28, Mars will be at its closest to the earth until another two centuries; it should appear as large as does the moon in the night sky. You can check the best viewing times for your area.

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Reply #1 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 6:50pm

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Apparently this is a hoax and that happened in 2003. NASA say it came close in January this year, but it won't be as large as the moon. Mars will make another 'largeish' appearance in 26 months time or so.

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Reply #2 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 8:20pm

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Snopes.com doesn't think much of it - http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

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Reply #3 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:03pm

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Mars appeared large and was very bright indeed in 2003, but no, it will probably never take up as much sky as the Moon when seen from Earth... if it ever does, it will mean we have a serious problem. Grin

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Reply #4 - Aug 17^th, 2010 at 12:26am

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beaky wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:03pm:

Mars appeared large and was very bright indeed in 2003, but no, it will probably never take up as much sky as the Moon when seen from Earth... if it ever does, it will mean we have a serious problem. Grin

No problem at all, 'cause we'll all be dead!

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Reply #5 - Aug 17^th, 2010 at 9:09am

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JoBee wrote on Aug 17^th, 2010 at 12:26am:

beaky wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:03pm:

Mars appeared large and was very bright indeed in 2003, but no, it will probably never take up as much sky as the Moon when seen from Earth... if it ever does, it will mean we have a serious problem. Grin

No problem at all, 'cause we'll all be dead!

Um... I have a problem with that. Lips Sealed

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Reply #6 - Aug 17^th, 2010 at 5:52pm

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beaky wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:03pm:

~~Mars~~ Earth and Moon appeared large and was very bright indeed in ~~2003~~ 1984, but no, it will probably never take up as much sky as the Moon when seen from Earth... if it ever does, it will mean we have a serious problem. Grin

It will mean we got there:
"the next transition will take place on November 10, 2084, and could be observed by future Mars colonists. The last such transit took place on May 11, 1984."

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Reply #7 - Aug 18^th, 2010 at 5:20pm

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This was not humorous enough for the Humour section...
I also ran out of time yesterday. The write-up I read seems to 'expect' us to have colonized Mars by 2084. Perhaps not entirely impossible but faces the improbable. Should I be around to be seeing the backdrop of Earth against Phobos and Deimos from the surface of Mars, I'll be well past a century old and celebrating another birthdate after this visual takes place on November 10, 2084; hope I can make it, with full mobility, on my birthdate three days later.

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Reply #8 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 1:58am

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H wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 6:38pm:

August 26 - 28, Mars will be at its closest to the earth until another two centuries; it should appear as large as does the moon in the night sky. You can check the best viewing times for your area.

All of the planets looked real close to me a time or two! Cheesy

Then I stopped visiting cow pastures right after dawn. Grin

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Reply #9 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 11:06am

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H wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 6:38pm:

it should appear as large as does the moon in the night sky.

This is impossible ! if mars would reach a distance that fit in the disc of the moon or even the half or quarter ,It would be because it broke its orbit around the sun and the gravitational pull will kill every living thing on the earth.
it will be close enough for anyone to see details on its surface using a binoculars 7x50..

Trust me ,

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Reply #10 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 11:08am

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TacitBlue wrote on Aug 17^th, 2010 at 9:09am:

JoBee wrote on Aug 17^th, 2010 at 12:26am:

beaky wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:03pm:

Mars appeared large and was very bright indeed in 2003, but no, it will probably never take up as much sky as the Moon when seen from Earth... if it ever does, it will mean we have a serious problem. Grin

No problem at all, 'cause we'll all be dead!

Um... I have a problem with that. Lips Sealed

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Reply #11 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 2:12pm

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H wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 6:38pm:

it should appear as large as does the moon in the night sky. You can check the best viewing times for your area.

If that did happen, it certainly would light up the night sky as the moon has been rising out of the SE the past two nights while I watched the International Space Station pass overhead. Two nights ago I had a great view of it Cool

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Reply #12 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 4:38pm

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I saw Mars quite large today:

Picture of large Mars

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Reply #13 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 6:49pm

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alrot wrote on Aug 25^th, 2010 at 11:06am:

If mars would reach a distance that fit in the disc of the moon or even the half or quarter, it would be because it broke its orbit around the sun and the gravitational pull will kill every living thing on the earth. It will be close enough for anyone to see details on its surface using a binoculars 7x50.
Trust me.

If everyone remembers (and I think we're stuck on it), we had that misinformation presented last year. However, I recently read an article (evidently, no one here has read it) where they seemed to expect us to have colonized the moon by 2084 (not so likely in this century, let alone my lifetime); So my query, alrot, is not what Mars will appear like (since you'd be standing on it) but, rather, what the backdrop of Earth and our Moon will appear like next to either moon Phobos or Deimos (sp.) in the martian night sky.

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Reply #14 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 7:16pm

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wanna bet?

Grin

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