Close Encounter With The Mars Friday, August 25, 2006
The date 27th Aug, 2006 is exactly when we'll get the rare chance to encounter closest approach between Earth and Mars .... next chance to come this close will be 2287. By the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 pm and reach its azimuth at about 3 am. 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 am. So think about it ... no one alive at this moment in time will get the 2nd chance to experience such encounter.
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"The encounter will culminate on 27th Aug when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth. It 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 arc seconds wide."
posted by m o g L i e @ 10:27:00 am,
