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Mars Will Be the Closest to Earth in 60,000 Years This Month!!!
2005-08-16, 11:52 PM #1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3184157.stm
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/25aug_closeencounter.htm
http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/marsbrightest.php

I haven't seen a thread here posted about it, so I thought I'd fill in any interested persons with the info.

It's going to be pretty darn hunking huge by August 27 (almost the size of the moon) so you'd better keep an eye out on the night sky when you get a chance for the opportunity of a lifetime!

Discuss.
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2005-08-16, 11:53 PM #2
Cool.... I guess. Maybe this means we need to find a rare medallion and place it in the right slot at the exact moment the planets align...
DO NOT WANT.
2005-08-16, 11:57 PM #3
JediGandalf can use his brand new telescope and look at Mars!
Pissed Off?
2005-08-16, 11:58 PM #4
Welcome to 2 years ago. And mars wasn't even close to looking like a full moon. This will be happening again in November, but it won't be as close as it was 2 years go.
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2005-08-17, 12:11 AM #5
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2005-08-17, 12:28 AM #6
Yes, eventually.
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2005-08-17, 12:31 AM #7
Mars attacks
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2005-08-17, 12:39 AM #8
Because it doesn't mean Mars is going to be as visible as Moon, meh.
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2005-08-17, 1:02 AM #9
This hoax has been circulating the internet for a while now. Mars will not come even near close enough to appear the size of a full moon. If Mars were that close, the disturbances in Earth's gravity would cause major tidal waves and other magnetic problems. Sorry to spoil all the fun. :em321:
2005-08-17, 1:07 AM #10
Originally posted by Delphian:
This hoax has been circulating the internet for a while now. Mars will not come even near close enough to appear the size of a full moon. If Mars were that close, the disturbances in Earth's gravity would cause major tidal waves and other magnetic problems. Sorry to spoil all the fun. :em321:


Also it might hit the moon! That would really suck
2005-08-17, 1:54 AM #11
The truth is, Mars is only going to stop by and steal our moon so that the martians can find out if there really was life on the moon.

o.0
2005-08-17, 3:41 AM #12
Or they're jealous that we have a better moon than Phobos and Deimos will ever be.
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2005-08-17, 5:50 AM #13
If you check the dates on those articles, it says 2003.
2005-08-17, 7:56 AM #14
Originally posted by Zecks:
If you check the dates on those articles, it says 2003.


I thought this looked familar.
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2005-08-17, 8:11 AM #15
Darn. :(
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2005-08-17, 8:38 AM #16
Originally posted by Avenger:
JediGandalf can use his brand new telescope and look at Mars!

This is true!
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2005-08-17, 8:47 AM #17
Yeah I thought those 58 999 years passed quite quickly.
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2005-08-17, 8:52 AM #18
You'd think we'd have like..phasers...or something.
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2005-08-17, 8:58 AM #19
[QUOTE=Darth J]Welcome to 2 years ago. And mars wasn't even close to looking like a full moon. This will be happening again in November, but it won't be as close as it was 2 years go.[/QUOTE]

a toast to truth!
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2005-08-17, 11:12 AM #20
Someone showed me that at work yesterday. I had to laugh.
2005-08-17, 5:00 PM #21
Aaaaaah!
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2005-08-17, 5:06 PM #22
zomg
2005-08-17, 5:58 PM #23
omq its gonna eat us!!
2005-08-17, 6:07 PM #24
yu fool thats pluto
2005-08-17, 6:17 PM #25
Originally posted by Avenger:
JediGandalf can use his brand new telescope and look at Mars!


Yes. Use the almight telescope. But first, we must travel 2 years back in time..
2005-08-17, 6:37 PM #26
Originally posted by ProdigyOddigy:
Mars attacks

[IMG]http://amine.laggoune.free.fr/58 mars attacks .jpg[/IMG]
This is retarded, and I mean drooling at the mouth
2005-08-17, 6:40 PM #27
Hahahaha I loved that movie, looks like a bubble shooter.
2005-08-17, 7:08 PM #28
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

Also, anyone who believes that Mars will look almost as big as the moon is an idiot.
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2005-08-17, 7:10 PM #29
We Must Now Wait Til October.
2005-08-17, 7:12 PM #30
I hope you have a telescope cause you won't see much without it, Mars passing "close" isn't exactly what you would consider close.

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