Kit Sober Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Received from a friend: Two moons on 27 AugustOf course those with a day job, the 27th is a Monday night so it may be too late for you to stay up and see this. 27th August -- Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 (edited) Hey there Kit. :) Sorry to say -- I heard this too, and it isn't true. It would have been neat to see, but it's not going to happen. SNOPES (I heard this on a talk show I like to listen to, and the host was enthusiastically promoting it). He got several calls immediately from folks who either directly (or indirectley), were involved in astronomy, to let him know this won't be a happening thing. He (the host of the show) --did some checking, and retracted the story, and all the accolades he had said about it. Edited August 15, 2007 by dmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Oh Shoot I wanted to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hey there Kit. :)
Sorry to say -- I heard this too, and it isn't true.
It would have been neat to see, but it's not going to happen.
SNOPES
(I heard this on a talk show I like to listen to,
and the host was enthusiastically promoting it).
He got several calls immediately from folks who either directly
(or indirectley), were involved in astronomy,
to let him know this won't be a happening thing.
He (the host of the show) --did some checking,
and retracted the story,
and all the accolades he had said about it.
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Dot Matrix
Oh Shoot
I wanted to see that!
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