Nancy Posted June 13, 2005 #1 Share Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) If you have a chance this Summer? Take a peek at this web site and get ready for a SPECIAL Treat!!! Enjoy! Here is a little tease from the article Nancy This summer Mars will come closer to Earth than at any time in tens of thousands of years. The planet will arrive at opposition to the Sun on Aug. 28, when it will rise at sunset and set at sunrise, as seen from Earth. This opposition occurs less than two days before Mars passes through the perihelion point of its orbit, when it is closest to the Sun. Mars Excitement August 2005! Edited June 13, 2005 by Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 13, 2005 #2 Share Posted June 13, 2005 i thought mars was closest to earth like a year and a half ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted June 13, 2005 Author #3 Share Posted June 13, 2005 It seems things change...... Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 13, 2005 #4 Share Posted June 13, 2005 its just odd, because i thought it was the closes mars would be to earth for like 250 years or something, not 18 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdison Posted June 13, 2005 #5 Share Posted June 13, 2005 So does this mean with Mars being so close to the Earth that with the gravitational pull at its greatest, we here on Earth will be effected..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__Kratos__ Posted June 13, 2005 #6 Share Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) To bad on Aug. 28 my bedtime will be roughly 9:00 - 9:30... Stupid basic combat training... Edit: Explained why, so I didn't look like an idiot. Edited June 13, 2005 by __Kratos__ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted June 14, 2005 Author #7 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Sighhhhhh..... There are times when being old and blonde come back to bite me. MY deepest apologies! "seeking" is 100% correct......... If I could learn to read, I would have noted the Space.com is dated June 13, 2003. Argggggggggggg!!!! It wasn't my intent to mislead, honest!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 14, 2005 #8 Share Posted June 14, 2005 dang lol, that sucks, i wish mars was commin back around, oh well honest mistake and to dunderhead, mars would not effect earth in anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalF Posted June 14, 2005 #9 Share Posted June 14, 2005 This should shed some more light on the subject. Snopes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun26 Posted June 26, 2005 #10 Share Posted June 26, 2005 hey guys, FYI. Yes, Mars is getting closer to Earth at about 23,500 mph. It will be at the closest point of this year on October 31 2005. For those of you saying that Mars will be closest in August in 60,000 yrs, I'm sorry but that was in 2003. This year it will be closest in October, its gonna be a great sight, but no records. This is happening because the Earth is lapping the Mars, just like in a car race. :-) Varun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicTJ Posted June 26, 2005 #11 Share Posted June 26, 2005 So does this mean with Mars being so close to the Earth that with the gravitational pull at its greatest, we here on Earth will be effected..? 674062[/snapback] Extremely doubtful. Mars is too small to exact any kind of noticeable change. I'm sure there would be some effect, but most likely undetectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienSama Posted June 26, 2005 #12 Share Posted June 26, 2005 if mars was as close as the moon, then we'd really have something to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefemme1202 Posted June 27, 2005 #13 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I read the article and it was interesting, however, the stunning performance of Mars being close to us in August 2005 isn't true. The article was written June 2003. This already happened! Unless you intend to go into the past, don't expect to see Mars up close and personal this August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizno Posted June 27, 2005 #14 Share Posted June 27, 2005 if mars was as close as the moon, then we'd really have something to worry about. 699586[/snapback] Exactly. Mars is much, much farther away than the moon. Its effect on earth is totally overwhelmed by the moon's gravity. The sun is also far away but it's so huge that its gravity strongly affects us. Mars will never get close enough to have even a measurable gravity affect on us unless it or earth leave orbit and head for each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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