Two moons on 27 August
*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 culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of 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
2007-08-16 23:43:24 · 12 answers · asked by scorpion prince89 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yep i believe its true...should be an awesome sight.....i bet its cloudy on that night...lol
2007-08-16 23:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A bogus e-mail letter circulated on the Internet during the summers of 2005 and 2006 tried to mislead people into thinking that Mars would look as big as the full Moon to the naked eye in late August. The bogus letter has reappeared this year.
The story goes back to August 2003 when Mars made a historical close approach to Earth and thus attained its maximum visual brightness. There was a saying that when Mars reached the point closest to Earth on 27 August 2003, it would appear to the naked eye as big as the moon when viewed through a 75 times magnification telescope. Apparently that qualifier was dropped from the bogus letter resulting in an amazing statement.
Even when Mars is at its closest and brightest, it still looks like a tiny orange star, nowhere near as big and bright as the full Moon.
On 27 August 2007, Mars will be far away from Earth, at a distance three times that of the 2003 approach and one-eighteenth as bright. It will definitely not be as magnificent as the bogus letter claims.
2007-08-17 06:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Roy K 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, chain letter. Mars will never appear to be bigger than the moon with the naked eye from earth unless it is knocked off course one day.
2007-08-17 06:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow omg thanks for sharing this with me ill make sure to stay up on my bedtime and watch a red planet appear in the nightsky so then i can go back to get some ****** rest
2007-08-17 06:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by Aycilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That one got me good too. And look how fooled Roy was. I got almost as much info as him. Hm. Oh, well. But I do believe in the Tooth Fairy. No one can take that away from me.
2007-08-17 08:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by hb12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's interesting.ill wait for that.i heard the same and i also read that there's eclipse on 28th August.
2007-08-17 06:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know I haven't heard that yet! But I hope so that sounds cool!
2007-08-17 06:47:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i haven't heard that yet but i hope its true... sounds like it will be something worth seeing
2007-08-17 06:52:30 · answer #8 · answered by be_imaginative 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...urban legend...look it up
2007-08-17 06:46:43 · answer #9 · answered by Gracie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I heard.
2007-08-17 06:46:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋