[pct-l] Fw: Might want to put this on your calendar

[Slyatpct at aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

Well, someone is doing a good job bringing it back.  A stack of flyers, 
printed word for word, including CAPS was left in my companies breakroom a couple 
weeks ago.

Sly


In a message dated 6/20/2005 11:22:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Tortoise73@charter.net writes:

> I checked this out previously. The event happened in 2003 so we years late.
> 
> John
> 
> larry hillberg wrote:
> >Does anyone know if the attached is true?  If so, the
> >folks on our western mountain crests are due for some
> >mighty special nights this year.
> >
> >I'll never forget one night on the PCT, a day or so
> >north of Hyatt Lake, sans tent and flat on my back,
> >watching the Perseid meteors streak overhead.
> >
> >Larry H
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------
> >The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month
> >and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in 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 before it
> >happens again.
> >
> >The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars
> >comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth 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 it will rise in the east at 10p.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 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient
> >to see something that no human being 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 this with your children and grandchildren. NO
> >ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN!