General Chat / Mars appearance

  • RCFanB&M%s's Photo
    The Main Idea: on august 27th, between 10pm and 3am...we're going to see mars, "moon-sized" ...at least in the southern hemisphere. Each day, during August, Mars will be nearer until its maximum rapprochement which will be 55,762,696.56 Km from earth. It's not a joke.

    I can't wait. :D I hope it's not cloudy that day...


    Remember...look to the sky on August 27th, 2006.

    Edited by RCFanB&M, 13 August 2006 - 05:07 PM.

  • Jellybones%s's Photo
    Hey I saw four meteors last night.
  • catachresistant%s's Photo
    I had never even seen a shooting star before...
  • Steve%s's Photo
    Yeah I heard about this. Supposedly it hasn't been this close in like 60,000 years or something. And the next time it'll be back around will be like the year 2210.
  • RCFanB&M%s's Photo
    Well...my aunt told me that she read on newspapers that the moon-size thing wasn't true :( ...but it's true that Mars will reach its maximum rapprochement...
  • Jellybones%s's Photo

    I had never even seen a shooting star before...

    Fuck I know that quote! Goddamn you. Where's it from!
  • Xcoaster%s's Photo
    Sorry, that's way too cool to actually happen.
    In short, this is an urban rumor that's been circulating every August since 03. It was when Mars actually was at it's closest in a while (in 2003), though it was only moon-sized if you looked at it with a telescope. Otherwise, it was a lovely red dot. That alone was still pretty cool. Maybe we'll get that again. I dunno.
  • Brent%s's Photo
    Jelly, you may have seen the reminiscent of the meteor shower the night before.
  • RCFanB&M%s's Photo

    Sorry, that's way too cool to actually happen.
    In short, this is an urban rumor that's been circulating every August since 03. It was when Mars actually was at it's closest in a while (in 2003), though it was only moon-sized if you looked at it with a telescope. Otherwise, it was a lovely red dot. That alone was still pretty cool. Maybe we'll get that again. I dunno.


    Yeah...well, better than nothing.
  • Jellybones%s's Photo

    Jelly, you may have seen the reminiscent of the meteor shower the night before.

    Yeah, that was the idea.

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