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CaRnAgECaNdY
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August 27th

#5994579 - 08/24/06 11:58 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

The planet Mars will be closer to earth on August 27th than it has been in all of human history.
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, but it may be as long at 60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on Aug. 27, when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of the 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 arch seconds wide, at a modest 75-power magnification.

Mars will look as bright as the full moon to the naked eye and will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach it's 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.

No human alive today will ever see this again.

Go outside and look up.

Oh, and pluto is no longer considered to be a planet
...i guess size does matter... :smirk:

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Skunk420

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Re: August 27th

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#5994585 - 08/25/06 12:00 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

so? I might fall over looking for it, I am ready to go to sleep.. too drunk... :lol:

btw it is almost the end of August. :smirk:

Edited by skunk78395 (08/25/06 12:02 AM)

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TYL3R

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Re: August 27th

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#5994599 - 08/25/06 12:05 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

coolieo.

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Vvellum
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Re: August 27th

[Re: CaRnAgECaNdY]
#5994601 - 08/25/06 12:05 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

nope. sorry, but that's not true.

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Skunk420

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Re: August 27th

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#5994612 - 08/25/06 12:09 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Okay I will look for it I need a marlboro anyway.

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CaRnAgECaNdY
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Re: August 27th

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#5994621 - 08/25/06 12:13 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

bi0 said:

nope. sorry, but that's not true.

I got it off myspace. :wink:

I didn't research this. I just read it and thought it was pretty cool.

I still don't want to research this, so I'll take your word for it.

BTW, I'll be in chicago overnite on the 18th/19th of Sept, with lots of friends. We should hang out.

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Le_Canard
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Re: August 27th

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#5994629 - 08/25/06 12:18 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Yes, MySpace is a great source for astronomical information. :tongue:

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CaRnAgECaNdY
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Re: August 27th

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#5994633 - 08/25/06 12:19 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Well it's definitely a great source of amusement. :wink:

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Skunk420

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Re: August 27th

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#5994650 - 08/25/06 12:27 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

all I see outside is a lightning display! I cant see any stars, but it was entertaining...I love lightning!!

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nightkrawler
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Re: August 27th

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#5994797 - 08/25/06 01:24 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

hmm anyone know where i can get good astronomical info on whats going on in the southern night sky and when? i've tried google, but haven't been able to find any good sites on it. a lot of the sites i've found want you to subscribe.

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Jadian
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Re: August 27th

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#5994816 - 08/25/06 01:31 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

I just heard that whole deal about Pluto from one of my college professors today, weird deal, now there's only 8 planets in our solar system (that we know of)

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CaRnAgECaNdY
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Re: August 27th

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#5995648 - 08/25/06 11:09 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

skunk78395 said:

all I see outside is a lightning display! I cant see any stars, but it was entertaining...I love lightning!!

See title.

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Infrared
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Re: August 27th

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#5995667 - 08/25/06 11:14 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

hahahahaaha

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TODAY
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Registered: 09/25/03
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Re: August 27th

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#5995703 - 08/25/06 11:29 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Fucksauce, I wanted to see mars. Fuckin myspace.

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Corporal Kielbasa

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Re: August 27th

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#5995744 - 08/25/06 11:40 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

yeah that happened like 6 years ago or something....

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