Tonight is the night Mars will not look as big as the Full Moon

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The Dish Rag will follow Hollywood's hottest television stars come pre-Emmy party tonight. But the brightest outstanding event will be overhead. March will exceed anything in the sky tonight for the first time in 5,000 years. And it can not happen again for another 60,000 years. This close encounter between Mars and Earth will be on Friday (27/08) when March comes to in 34649589 miles from Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will reach a size of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide at a modest 75-power magnification.



It's going to be closer than it has been in 6,000 years, and next time it will be so close will be in the 2287th year According to NASA, who actually know their stuff, a trend rumors to ramp up to over-the-top madness. It is simply a wonderful thing that we will be very close to the red planet, and will be able to see it as a red star. Certainly not as big as the moon. In addition, Europe and Ganymede will be closer and closer.

Mars was so close to Earth it will ever get, but still, it was very far away, about 55,758,006 km (34646418 miles). "The moon is a quarter the size of Earth and is relatively close - only about 384,000 km (approx. 239,000 miles) away. March will be 101 million kilometers (63,000,000 miles) from Earth, almost twice as much as in 2003. March is half as large as Earth and orbits the Sun 1-1/2 times farther out than Earth's orbit. The closest it ever will be Earth is in opposition every 26 months. The Last March the opposition in January and the next one is March 2011.