apparently it was supposed to be visible next to the moon night of 27/08
2006-08-29 22:30:45 · 16 answers · asked by thing 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
damn i forgot!
2006-08-29 22:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mars is on the far side of the Sun this summer and not visible from Earth at all. The E-mail that has been circulating since 2003 which says Mars will appear as big as the Moon on August 27 is a hoax.
2006-08-30 02:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mars is set till next April .
It's a hoax..
I heard about the Mars hoax . 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 !
If your interested, you can see more of Mars hoax in the news ..
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=mars+hoax&btnG=Search+News
2006-08-30 19:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that really happened but not in this year.. It happened on the same day of 2003.. I was there to see mars. Its color was somewhat orange in the sky and it wasn't as big as the moon but anyway, it was not a bird nor a plane but mars....
2006-08-30 03:58:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen it before..round, orange/red/maroonish in color..has it changed?
You will have many other chances to see it unless you die before then but that's only common sense. Some times it's close enough to see with the unaided eye.
Contact the local plane(t)arium or astronomy club or go online and search to find out when it might be easily visible again.
2006-08-29 22:40:23 · answer #5 · answered by viewAskew 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah - second shelf up. middle of the left-hand aisle opposite the Cornflakes in Asda, Holt Park, Leeds
2006-08-29 22:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by Peter C 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I missed it in the sky. But I really did eat a mars bar yesterday. Lovely it was.
2006-08-29 22:45:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you are talking about the email that went around saying it will be very close it was all a big joke. Look to this site
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
2006-08-29 22:39:36 · answer #8 · answered by Rachel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes many of the people saw mars but on that day very few
2006-08-29 22:36:18 · answer #9 · answered by three aces 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, But I hear if you bend over in front of a mirror you get a really excellent view of Uranus. bwahahahaha.. ok, it was lame... a cheap shot and i took it... what can i say?
2006-08-29 23:19:24 · answer #10 · answered by xeuvisoft 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't see it this time round, but I have seen it before.
In fact, if you go to Australia, you can see it nearly every night.
2006-08-29 22:36:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋