2 Moons on 27th AUGUST

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    27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

    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 off earth. Be sure to 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.


    Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
     

    ssepala

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    When you go to yahoo or NASA pages you need to open your eyes and see which year it is. It was in 2003 not 2008.

    http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...eencounter.htm

    Even in 2003 it was not that spectacular to naked eye as mails (and this thread) suggests (atleast in SL). True, it was very bright at that time but not many features were visible to naked eye and size not even comparable to moon. You may have seen polar ice caps if you had very sharp eye, which I didn't have. On that day (Aug 27th 2003)I have observed it along with few friends using a 120mm refractive telescope and were able to see polar ice cap clearly.

    Now this information has become an internet hoax recurring every year around august.

    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

    If you look at the true facts MARS is about 88million KM away from earth. And on Aug 13th 2008 it will have the faintest visibility (+1.72 mag) to earth.


    If you guys are interested in MARS look at PHOENIX MARSE mission (http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/) rather than going after this hoax.