August 27, 2010

Sorry to burst your bubble...

...well, not really.
Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. Planet Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth & will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars comes this close is in 2287. this with your friends as no one alive today will ever see it again.
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! In order for Mars to appear to be the same size as the moon it could only be roughly twice as far away from Earth as the moon is. This distance is well inside (closer to the sun) Mars's orbit.

BASICALLY IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE TRUE MARS WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IT'S ORBIT!!!

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