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The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century has colored the natural red satellite, while Mars will shine in all its splendor and can already be seen by the human eye with the greatest clarity for 15 years since last night Because the orbits of the two planets have made them at the nearest point, explained Gerónimo Villanueva, a NASA scientist.
"Mars approaching the Earth every two years, but, at this moment, its orbit We will approach much more than the other times and we will see it very bright and taller than ever before. It's a habit, "said Villanueva, an Argentinean astronomer who works at NASA's Goddard Space Center.
According to expert calculations, March it will be about 57.6 million kilometers on Tuesday, July 31, compared to 100 million kilometers on other calendar dates; However, people can already see from midnight yesterday, and from anywhere in the world, this event.
"To do this, they must look to the moon and, to their right, they can find a point the orange red is brighter than normal – Mars – and, next, another planet: Saturn "says the planetary scientist.
This astronomical phenomenon, which will recur in 2033, is due to "relatively simple" circumstances, according to Villanueva.
The Earth rotates around the Sun each year (Earth) and Mars both, so both planets are aligned and are closer than usual; however, the orbit of Mars is "very eccentric", that is to say that there are times when it is farthest from the Sun and from others closer, in comparison of the variation of the Earth.
one of the most irregular of the Solar System and the Earth are aligned with the Sun synchronously every 15 years.
ONE HOUR AND 43 MINUTES
Specialists from the Institute of Astronomy of UNAM added to the live broadcast of the total eclipse of Luna, which has was screened from Namibia at the Paris Pishmish Auditorium of the University.
They reported that although it could not be enjoyed in Mexico, it was a big event. long of the 21st century, with a duration of one hour with 43 minutes.
UNAM experts have detailed that this year the moon has become reddish and explained that it occurs due to the incidence of sunlight flowing through the atmosphere and to the dust that he conti Jan, when they do not have too much, can be seen greyish, which is rare.
On the other hand, several news agencies pointed out that the longest eclipse of the moon "flooded" social networks in Europe, where millions of people appreciated the phenomenon and were trying to capture the best image or video of the phenomenon.
Whether in family or meeting with friends in public squares and astronomical centers where group observations could be made, Europeans eclipse
Through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others social networks, from Portugal to Russia, witnesses of the phenomenon shared images of the red-colored moon, colloquially called Luna de Sangre.
The show was seen totally or partially in half the world: Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. But it is in East Africa and Southern Africa, the Middle East and India that it is best appreciated.
AND TO CLOSE … STARS RAIN
To close a week full of astronomical events, this 28th and 29th of July will make its appearance in the sky the rain of the stars of Delta Acuáridas, related to the comet 96p / Machholz .
"Star showers" are actually meteoroids that enter the earth 's atmosphere, which, because of the resistance of the air, are heated at the moment of their penetration. a shooting star, explained NASA.
This star is not the stone itself, but the warm air that shines as it goes through the atmosphere.
Wilder Chicana Nuncebay, Head of the Astronomy and Space Science Space at the Luis Enrique Erro Planetarium of IPN, explained in an interview with Notimex that rainstorms occur every year in the same month because the Earth in its movement around the Sun passes through the wake of the material left by the comet.
These astronomical events are named after the place from which they come, in this case the appreciable July 28th and 29th, whose observations will be 20 bodies per hour, come from the star Delta, located in the constellation Aquarius, from where they call Delta Acuáridas.
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