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["Tony Muller" <acmuller1@xxxxxxx>]

I had a co-worker who, knowing of my interest in astronomy, commented a
month ago that Mars would "appear as large as the Full Moon to the naked
eye."
Where did this come from?

Tony


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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Mars Orbiting Sim

The original quote was in the context of, "as large as the Full Moon, viewed
through a telescope" or something like that.  I know Tom's just trolling for
amusement, here......
(What's the magnification on that video screen???) The man on TV sez, Step
out the door right now and see it, Eastern Daylight Savings Time....Better
hurry!! This won't happen again for several lifetimes, right???
Gene
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Tom Polakis wrote:

>The simulation doesn't jibe with what I read somewhere on the Internet.
Mars is supposed to come unusually close to Earth this month, and appear as
large as the Full Moon to the naked eye.
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>Tom
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>>From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
>>Date: 2005/08/12 Fri AM 12:35:29 EDT
>>To: "AZ Observing List" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [AZ-Observing] Mars Orbiting Sim
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>>This is a really cool simulation that shows the relationship between 
>>Mars and Earth's orbital motion while simultaneuosly showing Mars' changes
in size.
>>Also illustrates how it only comes into opposition every two years 
>>even though the Earth goes around once a year. Check 2003-2005, 1999-2001,
1986-1988 etc.
>>(15-17 yr cycle).
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>>http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mars/mars_orbit.html&edu=high
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>>Jack Jones
>>Public Events Coordinator
>>Saguaro Astronomy Club
>>Phoenix AZ
>>Telescoper@xxxxxxx
>>www.saguaroastro.org
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