Please answer me to confirm that this new is true or not, if is true... damm this is hte end!!!
2007-08-23 05:19:58 · 19 answers · asked by ale139 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, it is not true. It is a well-documented urban ledgend that has been circulating (in various forms and with various dates) since 2002. See first source.
There will, however, be a total lunar eclipse on August 28, 2007 that will be visible over most of North and South America, as well as eastern Asia and the Pacific. See second source.
2007-08-23 05:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by hfshaw 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
comments: The textual content fabric of this rumor became into extra or less precise while it first began circulating interior the summertime of 2003, old while it went around lower back in 2005, and purely undeniable fake while it regarded for the 0.33 time in 2006. it incredibly is now 2007, and making the e mail rounds lower back. how many circumstances can a "as quickly as in an entire life" adventure take place? The oscillating orbits of Mars and Earth did, in certainty, carry the two planets closer jointly on August 27, 2003 than on the different time throughout the previous 50,000 years. however Mars under no circumstances easily regarded "as super via fact the complete moon" -- no longer even close -- for some days in 2003 it became into certainly the brightest merchandise interior the evening sky. In October 2005 yet another properly-publicized "close stumble upon" got here approximately, however if so the planets have been approximately 13 million kilometers added aside than throughout the 2003 adventure. no longer something so stunning is envisioned for 2007.
2016-11-13 06:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the facts behind this statement. Mars made an extrodinarily close approach to earth on August 27th 2003. So close that it could be view in a telescope with 75 power magnification as big as the full moon.
Circulation on the internet through email emitted both the year and the fact that a 75 power telescope was needed.
2007-08-23 05:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, this is some scientifically unsound rumor that people have been spreading. The idea is that Mars will come extremely close to the Earth and appear as large as the full Moon in the sky. This of course will not happen; while Mars may appear quite bright due to being close to the Earth, it will still appear just as a point in the sky as it always does. Mars is not moving out of its orbit, the Earth has only one visible moon, and the world is not about to end.
2007-08-23 05:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is absolutely false. This is the second "moon" that will be visible august 27th:
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=499&vbody=399&month=8&day=27&year=2007&hour=00&minute=00&fovmul=1&rfov=2&bfov=30&porbs=1&showsc=1
It is Mars and it is about as visible today as it will be on the 27th. It looks like a red star just like many others in the sky.
2007-08-23 10:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
False.
This was supposed to mean that Mars will "appear" as big as our moon, thus, looking like we have 2 moons that night.
Just another email hoax.
2007-08-23 05:31:13 · answer #6 · answered by cowboy in scrubs 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not true, just the planet mars will be shinier than the usual, not as big as moon and not as shiny as moon or even planet Venus
2007-08-23 05:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by Beni 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1 Moon!!!
2007-08-27 02:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by OwinC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two moons for earth? No, not true. Earth has one moon.
2007-08-23 05:27:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are so busy 'checking in the internet' then why didn't you check for similar questions before you posted yours?
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp?print=y
2007-08-23 05:39:00 · answer #10 · answered by Troasa 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋