[I Was Naked]
When I Wrote ThisAstro Alert!!
2007-08-22
Two moons on 27 August 27th of Aug the Whole World is waiting for... Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27th when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27th 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.Share this with your friends as:
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE IT AGAIN!!
What? I missed it? How can that be? Blast, stupid emails 4 years too late. Actually I remember this email from a couple of years ago, which is why I wanted to check it out.
According to Urban Legends:
The oscillating orbits of Mars and Earth did, in fact, bring the two planets closer together on August 27, 2003 than at any other time during the past 50,000 years. Though Mars never actually appeared "as large as the full moon" -- not even close -- for a few days in 2003 it was indeed the brightest object in the night sky.
In October 2005 another well-publicized "close encounter" occurred, though in that case the planets were about 13 million kilometers further apart than during the 2003 event.Apart from a lunar eclipse slated to take place in the early morning hours of August 28, nothing so spectacular is predicted for 2007.
Crap. Well at least I can look at a doctored up picture.
Crap. Well at least I can look at a doctored up picture.
I love Astronomy and I love looking at the night sky, enough that if I feel motivated I will drag my sorry rear end out of bed to view a meteor shower.[cough.. liar]
Ok. I think about getting out of bed and waiting til 4:30 a.m. which is always the best time to view these things in my little part of the world. Otherwise I just wait for the random shooting star and consider myself lucky to have seen it.
One day I think it would be the ultimate to see the Aurora Borealis . However that would involve some effort on my part as I believe, and don't quote me on this, I have to actually be in the upper northern hemisphere. Though it would be nice if a traveling band of lights did a night tour. Hmmm, maybe I can recreate the effect with multiple flashlights and translucent multi-colored vellum paper. Wow, now whose thirty years too late for a science project?
Well if you do receive the email, and your heart leaps a beat in excitement for a moment, do yourself a favor and enjoy the full moon instead on the 28th. There won't be another one until gasp! September 26th 2007.
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