Posted on 10/25/2005 7:54:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
This image captured by NASA's Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope shows Mars when it was approximately 43 million miles (68 million km) from Earth. On Sunday, October 30, the Red Planet will be 69.4 million kilometers (43.1 million miles) from Earth -- a distance that in galactic terms is less than wafer-thin and will not be equalled until 2018.(AFP/NASA/File)
The next time the planets will be closer than in 2003 will be in 2287.
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2287 .. Wow
A photograph made from composite images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera shows the Syrtis Major face of planet Mars released by NASA on October 19, 2005. The composite image was made over the period of one Mars year, which is nearly twice as long as an Earth year. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems/Handout
It looks like Rove is using his "powers" to bring Mars very close to Earth to distract from Fitzgerald's announcement.
We're doomed!
"heh heh heh . . . Mars is now in my clutches."
I'll watch it next time.
The sky's falling. The sky's falling.
"Nice planet. We'll take it!"
Wow. Those 'foreseers' really went out on a limb. After all, it's very rare in human history when people engage in war or love.
This is a 2 year old story. The close pass of Mars happened in 2003.
Not so. This sunday's closest approach "won't be equalled until 2018," which means it's not talking about the close approach of 2003, which won't be equalled until 2287.
Thank you.
People are just plain stupid....no other description.
LVM
> Mars will appear as a big orangey-yellow "star" in the east, an object so bright that it should be visible in almost any conditions of light pollution, says the US publication Sky & Telescope.
Saw it about two hours ago. And Venus was bright in the west, as it is so often.
This is a 2 year old story.
The close pass of Mars happened in 2003.
Thank you.
People are just plain stupid....no other description.
LVM
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Yeah , just plain stupid,, and I probably posted a Mars thread just like it in 2003 ,, It's AFP, for criminy sake.
What's 9 million miles anyway? ;-)
plus without threads, where do I post the Mars photos.. :-p
My take was the alignment explains the press orgy of excitment that maybe just maybe this trumped up scandal could result in someone in the Bush administration at least getting a parking ticket.
But now that you mention it maybe Rove has souped up the Weathertron to control not just hurricanes but the planets themselves.
I noticed Mars in the night sky a few nights ago. It didn't look a mile more than 42 million miles away.
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