And is it better to be in the northern or southerm hemisphere to see this?
2006-08-24 16:48:56 · 7 answers · asked by stroppa2004 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Mars is set till next April .
It's a hoax..
I heard about the Mars hoax and the answer is no . I'll tell you the real scoop on it . In 2003 it was in fact true ! Mars was the closest it's ever been on August 27 2003 .
The next year a New York Observatory reprinted the story again on the August 27th date for a joke . It was hown in the states on the local news and they said " The latest Mars craze is going on again this year , It was said to be started again by a new york observatory as a joke and well it's been listed as spam. And it currently is circulating the internet as a forward . We spoke to our local astronomers to get the story and they showed us where Mars is . Under the horizon till next year. t's completely not true this year , It did actually happen last in 2003 as we all know but this time it's a joke. an April fools joke . No madness intended . "
So it's been floating around for 2 years . Actually there is alot of it going around, crazy emails floating areound of it , observatory phones ringing off the hook .
It has turned into one big hoax . For further reading put in Mars Hoax into google & google news .
Next year the Mars Hoax will float again I bet !
2006-08-24 16:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, big fat hoax. Mars has never looked as big as the Moon to the naked eye, and it never will. Get the full scoop at snopes.com:
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
2006-08-25 00:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet Hoax...
2006-08-24 23:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a myth.... not true. Mars will probably appear just slightly larger than a star.
2006-08-24 23:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by Strange Days 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mars will never get that close. So don't worry about seeing this.
2006-08-24 23:52:32 · answer #5 · answered by wildstar_2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think in Australia you can see it the best
2006-08-24 23:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by salsa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
idk but i've heard about pluto shrinking though.
2006-08-24 23:51:48 · answer #7 · answered by shih rips 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋