is it true that right now(28) i can see mars, or was it just on the 27th?
2006-08-28 17:54:40 · 8 answers · asked by Lauren 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Even when Mars was close, on August 27, 2003, it only looked like a bright star. It never gets close enough to look as big as the Moon. That E-mail got the date and size wrong. And you can expect to see that E-mail again next year. It has circulated every summer since 2003 and will probably do that for many years to come.
2006-08-28 18:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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 !
2006-08-29 01:13:58 · answer #2 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 27 Aug date was for year 2003 when Mars was very close to the Earth. For this year, you can get a good view of Mars on 30 Sep 2006 but it will not be as close as it was in 2003.
2006-08-29 01:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The information you got was really old. The close pass of mars was about 2 years ago.
Sorry.
2006-08-29 00:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by wrkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!
IT IS a hoax!!
Mars isn't even visible this time of year!
That's funny, i have an astronomy class at school and we were to look at mars yesterday, but then we learned it was fake!
2006-08-29 01:40:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you really believed this, why didn't you go out to look?
2006-08-29 03:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the timing are different for me where i am living!
2006-08-29 01:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by THE MAX PAYNE 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm overcast
2006-08-29 01:05:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋