Hey!
Complete the following sentences:
1) Once I went...
2) When I was...
3) We met...
4) If you were a(n)...
5) I think that you and I....
DO IT NOW!!!!!
Hey check this out:
You have to go look at Mars tonight!
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 next time Mars may come this close to the Earth is in 2287.
The encounter will culminate today, 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. Which means that at a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m.
Sweet.
Complete the following sentences:
1) Once I went...
2) When I was...
3) We met...
4) If you were a(n)...
5) I think that you and I....
DO IT NOW!!!!!
Hey check this out:
You have to go look at Mars tonight!
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 next time Mars may come this close to the Earth is in 2287.
The encounter will culminate today, 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. Which means that at a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m.
Sweet.
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
1) Once I went to the pet store and bought 2 possums and a thoroughbred chihuahua. I took them home and organized stunt races with the neighbor's tabby. The tabby ended up winning so I took the 2 possums and the evidently-not-so-thoroughbred chihuahua back to the store and got a refund..
2) When I was 12 I used to steal dreams from little children and sell them on the black market.
3) We met on fields of luminous tundra stretched between here and Cape Horn. America has never been the same since.
4) If you were a bunny, would you still have dreads? More importantly, would you be a bunny that had to be registered as a lethal weapon in the State of Texas? Cause I'm rather a fan of bunnies.
5) I think that you and I should build a race of giant sentient and benevolent walking machines. Or at least 2 or 3. And have breakdancing competitions between them. We could sell tickets!
Oh and I'm sorry to report that the Mars thing is a bit of a hoax. That is to say that Mars was actually considerably closer in 2003 than it is now and will be as close as it is this week again in a few years. It's still fairly close and is worth a look if you can get your hands on a telescope and a nice low-light location from which to view it.
Unlike your yummy self, who's worth a look with or without telescopic assistance in any lighting.
xo
[Edited on Aug 28, 2005 3:04PM]
Also, S_Eldorado up there is mostly right. There's a lot more info here, but in short: most of that info is either rehashed from the 2003 Mars close approach or totally made up. The approach this year won't peak for another couple of months.