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No one alive will ever see this again

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#1

It appears that Mars will approach to near moon size visually in August. Check it out! Get your binocs ready.

OK, this should work.

#2

Your link goes to this:
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#3

When viewed from where? Certainly not the Earth…

#4

OK, fixed the link.

Bruce, are you saying this will not happen? I am no astronomer, so I have no idea.

#5

Yes, Wolf, it will not happen.
In order for Mars to appear as big as the moon, it has to change it’s orbit for a much closer one to Earth’s.
Mars will simply be the second brightest light in the night sky. Albeit, it little bit brighter than it normally is.

http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

#6

OK, so sue me! :lol:

#7

12/22/2012

#8

If Mars came that close to the Earth no-one would be alive to see it anyway. The whole planet would have succumbed to the devastating earthquakes caused by the gravitational stress of Mars approaching. Fortunately, celestial mechanics prevents such occurrences, they exist only in the minds of TV show writers and morons who make PowerPoint presentations :slight_smile:

#9

Phil,

Bob says you can’t call me a moron, anymore! :lol:

I’ll go fall on my sword.

I admit that I didn’t apply any critical thinking to this. :frowning:

#10

Another astrological discovery on the news today Believe they said Jupiter had a meteor or sumtin crash into it and create a hole the size of the Earth. Hope dey don’t come here and make a hole the size of earth on the earth. We all be gone den. LOL no really truth today on news The Regal

#11

Steve, I called the PowerPoint writer a moron, not you. Believe me, if I ever choose to insult someone, you won’t be in any doubts about it ! :slight_smile: (Ask a few blokes over on the old LSOL)

#12

Yes, something did impact Jupiter today.
It was big!

#13
Phil Creer said:
Steve, I called the PowerPoint writer a moron, not you. Believe me, if I ever choose to insult someone, you won't be in any doubts about it ! :) (Ask a few blokes over on the old LSOL)
I know, Phil, just pullin' your leg. :D
#14

They are still trying to figure out what made the impact on Jupiter. Oddly enough a guy shot footage of Jupiter several hours before the impact. Then he captured the cloud right after the impact. It would have been cool to see it happen. What was the comet that hit it a few years go? Shoemaker Levy?

I use this site in my classes every day. The kids love checking the weather on the Sun at the end of Tech time.

http://spaceweather.com/

Jon.

#15

The more that hit Jupitor is one less likely to hit earth, which makes me happy, along with trains, rum, my wife and my grand children (not necessarily in that order dear). :)-

#16
Wayne Hoskin said:
The more that hit Jupitor is one less likely to hit earth, which makes me happy, along with trains, rum, my wife and my grand children (not necessarily in that order dear). :)-
What kind of Rum? I used to drink Captain Morgan but had to give it up because of arthiritis in my right leg. I could not lift my leg up like they do in the commercials. Now I drink the cheaper stuff and don't have to lift up my leg.
#17
Wayne Hoskin said:
The more that hit Jupitor is one less likely to hit earth, which makes me happy, along with trains, rum, my wife and my grand children (not necessarily in that order dear). :)-
But what about those poor little Jupideans? :) :)

Jupiter, because of it’s huge gravity pull, is indeed the “garbage can” of the solar system.

#18

The Jupideans are endangered!

#19
Rudolf Jager said:
Wayne Hoskin said:
The more that hit Jupitor is one less likely to hit earth, which makes me happy, along with trains, rum, my wife and my grand children (not necessarily in that order dear). :)-
What kind of Rum? I used to drink Captain Morgan but had to give it up because of arthiritis in my right leg. I could not lift my leg up like they do in the commercials. Now I drink the cheaper stuff and don't have to lift up my leg.
Started of on Goddards when I was a lad, but it seemed to have dissappeared from bars down here in Oarstralia, now I drink the local iconic Bunderberg rum, don't know about throwing the leg (does that have a different meaning in good ol' US of A than here in Australia, down here it generally means a bit of hanky panky with your lady-or someone else's!), but I don't wake with a hangover. Would Jupideans be very short, very fat people?
#20

“don’t know about throwing the leg (does that have a different meaning in good ol’ US of A than here in Australia, down here it generally means a bit of hanky panky with your lady-or someone else’s!)”
When people ask why I ride a scooter instead of a motorbike, I answer “You know how hard it is to get a leg over at my age?”