Sharon Rudd

--- Bill Varnedoe <billvar@...> wrote:
> From: "Bill Varnedoe" <billvar@...>
> To: "Sharon" <bearspawprint@...>
> Subject: A sight to see
> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:37:15 -0500
>
>
> This should be a sight to see! And a long wait till
> next time.....
>
>
>
> Mars. Never again in your lifetime will the Red
> Planet be so spectacular! This month and next,
> Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that
> will culminate in the closest approach between the
> two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars
> may come this close is in 2287. 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 in the last 5,000
> years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years.
>
>
>
> The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
> Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles 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 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power
> magnification Mars will look as large as the full
> moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
> At the beginning of August Mar will rise in the east
> at 10 p.m. and reach its 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. That's
> pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something
> that no human has seen in recorded history. So mark
> your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars
> grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout
> the month. Share with your children and
> grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see
> this again.
>
>


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SHARON!

I'm so happy to see you here!

I'm hoping to see you more often!

~Kelly