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As for the two moons in the sky, this is a very expected phenomenon, because in 2012 Mars was already at a minimum distance from the Earth.
The opinion of astronomers about the two moons
The anomaly on August 27 took place in 2003, when Mars approached the Earth at a record 50 million kilometers. It was very visible, but even a tenth of the size of the moon, he was far away. On August 27, 2016, Mars will be observed as a star, slightly brighter than usual. It will fly at a distance of 70 million kilometers from our planet.
Now we will destroy this myth of two moons for you once and for all. Everyone remembers from school what the diameter is - the Moon has 3400 km, and Mars has almost 6800. Saying plain language The Moon is exactly half the size of Mars. The distance to the moon is approximately 400,000 kilometers. It is easy to guess that in order for Mars to be the size of the Moon from the point of view of an observer from Earth, it needs to be twice as far away. Mars is 175 times further away. There is no way it could be bigger than a star to a person from the surface of the Earth, because the distance is incredibly huge. Yes, this is a rather unpleasant fact for those who dreamed of seeing an amazing sight, but physics and astronomy are stronger than people's desires.
Approaching August 27 and directly on this day, when Mars is closest to us, astrologers note some anomalies and changes in the character of people. Mars is masculine. Under the influence of the energy of Mars, a person becomes sharper, rude and assertive. You can get better acquainted with the intricacies of the energy of the red planet in our separate article.
People are more likely to take risks when Mars approaches Earth. Directly on August 27, gambling, adventures and any dangers should be avoided. The more careful you are, the better for you and for those around you. Of course, the desire to drive fast will be higher, along with the desire to experience risk, for example, from skydiving. The latter, by the way, will be safer than risky actions in Everyday life. Astrologers advise to be more careful with sharp objects, drive a car or motorcycle slowly, and also avoid walking in dangerous places in the evening, as the crime rate rises under the influence of Mars.
Many wars have been started over Mars. Armed conflicts are also not uncommon at the end of August. On August 27, you should be afraid of everything that can harm you. Find the strength in yourself to be more tolerant and calm in order to save yourself from unnecessary risks. All excess energy that wants to break out should be redirected into physical exercises. If you do not play sports, you can either start, or just go for a long walk that day or visit your summer cottage. In other words, let off steam.
We are talking not only about August 27, but also about a couple of days before and after this day. On the 27th, you need to exercise maximum caution, and on adjacent days, just be a little calmer.
Barely taking a breath after detailed stories about what a supermoon event is and when to enjoy it, the science department is faced with a new scourge: spam e-mails about how Mars will shine like two full moons. It is possible that the readers of Gazeta.Ru also received the following message: “On August 27, raise your eyes and look at the night sky. The planet Mars will pass only 34,650 miles from Earth. To the naked eye, the planet will be visible as a full moon. It will look like two moons above the earth! The next time Mars will be this close to Earth will not be until 2287.”
I would like to believe that the readers of Gazeta.Ru have not spent and are not going to waste their time to see a phenomenon that, by definition, cannot exist.
Judge for yourself: 34.65 thousand miles is 34,650 miles. Based on the fact that 1 mile is 1.61 km, we get that 34,650 miles is 55,760 km.
Already pure water is not true.
The average distance from the Earth to the Moon - a natural satellite of our planet - is 380,000 km, that is, seven times more than the alleged distance to Mars on August 27. As for the minimum distance from Earth to Mars, it is in different years has a different meaning, but is limited by the maximum distance of the Earth from the Sun and the minimum distance from Mars to the Sun. At the moments of the closest approach of Mars and the Earth - the so-called Great Oppositions - this distance is 50-60 million (millions, not thousands!) Km. That is, a thousand times more than the number indicated in the ridiculous mailing list.
And this is more than a hundred times greater than the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Finally, the radius of Mars is about 3400 km, which is twice the radius of the Moon, which is 1700 km. That is, if Mars and the Moon were at the same distance from the Earth, then their apparent areas would differ by four times. But since Mars is more than a hundred times farther from our planet than the Moon, this difference in size is not only leveled out, but makes Mars not even the brightest luminary in our night sky after the Moon. On a full moon, the magnitude of the moon is -12.7 m. The maximum brightness of Mars is -2.91 m, and this is less than the maximum magnitude of Venus and Jupiter. The scale of stellar magnitudes is such that a difference of 5 m corresponds to a ratio of the brightness of objects by 100 times.
Thus, the brightest Mars that can only be observed on Earth is 10,000 times fainter than the brightness of the full moon.
Why, year after year, anonymous email writers advise looking at the bright, very bright Mars on August 27? The answer lies in the affairs of bygone days. On August 27, 2003, the Great Opposition between Earth and Mars was observed.: then the distance to the Red Planet was 55.8 million km, and its magnitude reached -2.8 m.
But that's not all. The original email was sent to English language and contained a call to look at Mars through a telescope. But the phrase "At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye" was erroneously translated into Russian as "The planet will be visible to the naked eye as a full moon." Despite the fact that English text rightly says that how the full moon Mars will look at a magnification of 75 times.
It only remains to add that this week Mars can be seen in the middle latitudes of the order of an hour immediately after sunset, and this is not the most best time for his observations. Its apparent brightness is +0.5 m, that is, it allows you to see with the naked eye in the constellation Libra, but the low altitude above the horizon makes its observations meaningless and of little interest.
Therefore, from the planets solar system The science department of Gazeta.Ru recommends observing Venus.
It is now visible as a bright white star just before sunrise in the eastern sky. With good transparency of the atmosphere, it can be seen even after sunrise: its magnitude is -3.9 m.
Jupiter can also be found a little higher and south of it - it looks like a slightly less bright star of a slightly sandy color.
In August, many are waiting for a significant event: the appearance of two moons in the sky at once. What is this astronomical phenomenon and how can its energy affect people? You will learn about all this from our forecast.
Two Moons: Fact or Fiction?
Every year on August 27, an event often referred to as the "two moons" occurs. But can it be true? If you think from the point of view of logic, then with all the desire it is not possible. If this happened, it would mean that some celestial body is so close to the Earth that it already poses a threat. After all, even the strength of the tides would be irreparably changed.
On the other hand, in fact, a peculiar phenomenon will happen on this day. Mars, a planet with powerful active energy, will approach our planet at one of the shortest distances of the year. It will be seen a little clearer than usual, standing out against the background of starlight. So lovers of looking at the sky will have something to pay attention to this night.
What Mars will look like on August 27
Let's start with some numbers and simple logic. The distance from the Earth to the Moon, which we observe every night in the sky, is small on the scale of space - only 384,400 km. The minimum distance to Mars is about 60 million kilometers, which is much more. However, Mars itself is smaller than Earth. Now imagine if with such data in our terrestrial sky there could be a second large object like the moon. Of course not, with all the desire and beauty of the idea itself.
In fact, the observer will be able to see a very bright "star". Agree, this is not so unusual. But if you understand that this is really not such a frequent occurrence and we see the light that such a distant planet reflected, everything becomes much more interesting.
Approach of Mars: how will the energy of the red planet affect us?
The name of the red planet is associated with the god of war named Mars, who was worshiped by the ancient Romans. This planet carries the masculine principle, endowing people with such qualities as aggression, activity, physical strength and initiative. This property can be useful as August 27 falls on a Saturday. The Moon will be under the influence of the Sign Cancer, which will lead to lack of initiative. The influence of the red planet will help not to withdraw into oneself.
Saturday is the day that is traditionally ruled by the planet Saturn. It will be full of working energy, which Mars will allow to be realized, giving its powerful impetus. It will be easier to take on any business, and it is very likely to be successful. It is important not to succumb to negative emotions, as they can overwhelm you very quickly. Otherwise, with the right attitude and the ability to listen, you can get a lot of benefits from this day.
Astrologers have their own opinion about how the anomaly on August 27 will affect people. Watch out for unusual natural phenomena and don't forget to press the buttons and
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On August 27, the inhabitants of the Earth will witness a unique astronomical phenomenon - Mars will get as close as possible to our planet, due to this it will become visible to the naked eye. Due to the lower brightness, the red planet will appear smaller than the moon.
A rare "show of the planets" is expected at 0:30 (Moscow time) on 08/27/2016. According to skeptics, despite the fact that Mars will glow brighter than usual, the "double moon" as such is not intcbatch will be, since in the sky Mars will be visible as an additional red dot and nothing more.
We add that the "Red Planet" to the earth every 2 years and 2 months. This Saturday, Mars will approach the earth at 70-100 million kilometers. Despite the fact that this distance is not the closest, many have already reported that humanity will supposedly see two moons in the sky at once. However, the Tyumen expert denied this information and explained what would actually happen on Saturday.
Two moons in the sky 2016. PHOTO
"Mars will be visible in the south, like a dim star. A little higher than it will be Saturn, also like a dim star. Mars will go beyond the horizon by 10 pm. in the phase of the last quarter, that is, in the form of a month. Thus, the Moon and Mars will not meet that night, "explained Vitaly Ugreninov, an activist of the Tyumen-Kosmopoisk organization.
“Instead of a double moon, they will see the waning Moon and the star Betelgeuse. But to see this beauty, you need to get up at 4 am. Betelgeuse, a star from the constellation of Orion that adorns our sky in winter and summer, will be visible to the naked eye. And next to it there will be three stars in row. This is a characteristic belt of the constellation Orion," Ugreninov added.
Astrologers believe that the so-called "double moon" does not bear any negative consequences for humanity. However, we are in danger associated with the conjunction of Mars and Saturn on the star Aldeboran. The director of the Ural Astrological Institute, Oleg Lushnikov, said that this particular star is in very exact opposition to the star of Antares, thus creating an “axis of catastrophes”.
“Such a phenomenon occurs once every 30 years and, according to astrologers, promises great misfortune and catastrophes on a global scale. The last time during this period there was an explosion in Chernobyl and Perestroika began, destroying the USSR and the balance of power in the world,” he said.
"Tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, other natural and man-made accidents are also possible," the astrologer predicts.
Since the beginning of summer, reports have begun to appear on the Web that at the end of August Mars will approach the Earth at a record short distance. Astrophysicists did not give official confirmation, but the news confidently walked on the Internet for more than one week. We decided to find out if this is true or another online fake, and also tried to find out what kind of unique cosmic phenomenon it is with the impossibly beautiful name "Great opposition of Mars"?
According to unverified Internet sources, Mars is about to get close enough to Earth that you can see a double moon with the naked eye. The approach is promised on the night of August 27 - at midnight. The time zone, by the way, is not specified in the messages. The next time, according to "experts", a similar cosmic event will occur in 2287. “To the naked eye, the planet will be visible as a full moon. It will look like two moons above the Earth,” some social media users write, while others actively “repost” these entries.
However, are these data true?
By the way, those who are waiting for the “approach of Mars” have ardent opponents who ridicule this “news”. Their main argument is that the news of the approaching "multi-moon" appears on the Internet with an enviable frequency every August. Indeed, for the first time this unusual phenomenon was discussed at the end of the summer of 2003. Since then, "Mars is coming" with enviable regularity.
For clarification, we decided to turn to experts.
Astronomer Pavel Skripnichenko immediately declared that the "news" about the approaching unique phenomenon, when two moons can be observed in the sky, is fake.
“The fact is that the orbit is not circular. From time to time the planets are closer or further away. This is a common occurrence and happens regularly,” Pavel explained. - The approach, called the opposition of Mars, occurs once every one and a half years. There is also the Great Confrontation. This is when the planets are as close as possible. A great confrontation happens about once every hundred years. There is nothing supernatural or fantastic about it.”
Impressed by the photos floating around the net, we asked if the opposition of Mars really looks like two moons in the sky.
“It's all not true. These pictures are fiction. Mars looks like an orange or red star, Pavel said. “It’s hard to confuse him with some star.”
The astronomer explained that on the day of the opposition of Mars, or rather at night, it is visible even without special equipment. Of course, we asked where and how this phenomenon can be observed.
“In cases of opposition of Mars, no special technique is required,” Pavel said. The planet is visible to the naked eye. The main thing is to be cloudless. You need to get out of the city a bit. Closer to midnight, you need to look south. Mars is difficult to confuse with another planet. If you have a telescope, you can see the polar caps, the details on the surface.”
But, unfortunately, the last approximation. it is also a confrontation, Mars took place in May 2016, and the next, according to the site astrobel.ru, will take place on July 27, 2018. However, for those who are in the mood for romance and have planned to spend the night with their eyes fixed on the sky, we have some good news. The fact is that by the end of summer, visibility becomes almost perfect. The atmosphere becomes transparent, so even an amateur telescope is able to convey the nuances of the starry sky.
