Mars and Venus?
06-Aug-2003, 03:13 PM
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Mars and Venus?
Mars comes closest to the Earth on the morning of Aug. 27 at 5:51 a.m. ET. The planet is then 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth, measured from center to center. This is closer to Earth than Mars has been in nearly 60,000 years, and Mars won’t come as close again until the year 2287.
Astronomers measure brightness of stars and planets on a scale in which smaller numbers represent brighter objects. Already dazzling, Mars attains unusual brilliance this month, reaching magnitude -2.9 on Aug. 22 and staying that bright through Sept. 3. Venus can reach magnitude -4.0 or brighter.
Haha... and you prolly thought his was about men and women by the title.
Nope, we can see Mars with the naked eye right now... pretty cool. Don't miss it!! The full story is here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/947131.asp
Astronomers measure brightness of stars and planets on a scale in which smaller numbers represent brighter objects. Already dazzling, Mars attains unusual brilliance this month, reaching magnitude -2.9 on Aug. 22 and staying that bright through Sept. 3. Venus can reach magnitude -4.0 or brighter.
Haha... and you prolly thought his was about men and women by the title.
Nope, we can see Mars with the naked eye right now... pretty cool. Don't miss it!! The full story is here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/947131.asp
06-Aug-2003, 03:41 PM
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you would need a Honda 
, 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh? 
, 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh?
06-Aug-2003, 03:42 PM
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Originally posted by bbarbulo
you would need a Honda , 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh?
you would need a Honda
, 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh?
06-Aug-2003, 03:43 PM
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Originally posted by bbarbulo
you would need a Honda , 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh?
you would need a Honda
, 11548 oil changes, 911747.85 gallons of fuel, 578 sets of tires, 2309 spark plugs and wires, and 578 rotors and caps, and 346464 hours or rather 39.5236 years to drive up to Mars at it's closest, assuming atmosphere, wind resistance, 100 mph constant driving, 38 mpg fuel consumption, 60K mile service intervals, and 3000 mile oil changes... interesting huh?
06-Aug-2003, 03:57 PM
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nitpickers... I was just demonstrating a point about how ridiculously far away that is, and what a low level of technology we are working with here on Earth... 
Neil, you still love me so keep yer fingers still... no more typing out of you! j/k 
I was just demonstrating a point about how ridiculously far away that is, and what a low level of technology we are working with here on Earth... Neil, you still love me so keep yer fingers still... no more typing out of you!
j/k
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