Explores the basis behind an e-mail hoax on the close approach of Mars to Earth in October 2005. Inability of Mars to appear as large as the full moon; Variation on the distance between the planets in the close approach; Visibility of Mars in the sky durin...
To give a single example of the principles involved; it is found by experiment that if, through a long line so fine as to approach the limit of visibility, segments not too near each other, or so short that they would not be visible by themselves, be taken out, their absence from the...
Mars Retrograde Visibility Perihelion Mars will be particularly bright during this period, as it retrogrades when it is closest to the Earth in its orbit. Mars will be prominently visible in the night sky in this position and you can see Mars, as it will be at its brightest and largest ...
For my own part, I’m taking a different approach. I see my pick this week as the end credits song for our second chapter. So I wanted a little irony; something poppy and upbeat. Plus this song has been stuck in my head for like a week (I blame the XM). The Primitives’Crash....
Not a particularly favorable close approach Next month, on Jan. 15, Mars will be at opposition to the sun, when it will be in the sky all night; rising at sunset, reaching its highest point in the south in the middle of the night and setting at sunrise. Oppositions of Mars o...
In this scenario, the best approach is to detect that the connection has been closed and reopen a new one and continue working using MARS, if we don't perform this operation the following resultset that we want to open will give error because the connection is closed. ...
During their time there, oversight of the non-profit was considered a key part of the company’s discussions, according to the group. Although this approach was regularly emphasized during their time at the company, recent pressures from investors to restructure the company into a for-profit coul...
The main problem with live observations is that it is almost impossible to confirm them (what you didn't think, or something else). I have been observing binary stars for about 20 years, and I have always been interested in the most complex pairs, since they require a certain approach to...
(24.3 arcseconds, with 1 arcsecond being1⁄3600of 1°). that's only 0.8″ smaller thanduring the 2003 opposition, when Mars came its closest to Earth in 59,635 years. Because Mars won't arrive at perihelion until September, its closest approach to Earth is slightly delayed, occurring ...
(Fig.2a), precluding the existence of a water-rich layer within this depth range as the existence of water would strongly attenuate the radar signals and diminish the visibility of deeper reflections. The estimated low (less than 9) dielectric permittivity (Fig.2c) further supports the absence...