it was suppose to be our moon and a planet to look as if the earth had two moons. has anyone seen this?
2007-08-27 16:21:48 · 10 answers · asked by betty boop 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There's only one moon in the sky. A planet will never look much brighter or bigger than a star because of the vast distances away from us. Our moon is VERY close to us, thus, it is big in size.
The story about two moons was taken from an article about Mars being closer to Earth than usual back in 2003. (right now, Mars is on the other side of the Sun and cannot be seen).
In the article, it told watchers that if they used a 75X magnification to look at Mars with a telescope, it would look "as big as the moon."
Of course, if you leave out the telescope part and send emails to people changing the info to 2007, you get people looking for two moons like they were actually on Pluto or some planet that actually has two REAL moons.
Another place to find two moons on many weekends is to travel to any college town and check out the frat parties at about 2 AM...
2007-08-27 16:30:29 · answer #1 · answered by TOMMYBOY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I understand it is that The planet Mars will be as close to the earth's orbit as it has been in over 2000 years, and because of this, and Mar's atmosphere, the sun's reflection will actually be bouncing from the sun to MARS, then to earth. This detour will then turn the moon a "blood red" color. But I'm cloudy as crap here so I won't be able to see anything anyway. I even broke out the telescope, apparently fr nothing.
2007-08-27 16:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by cakeypoo_24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know anything about two moons but tonight is a lunar eclipse. Don't know what time zone u are in but it's around 4 am central time.
2007-08-27 16:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Nevermore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it was a lunar eclipse the earths shadow covered the moon so u cant see it..your a smart 1 go back 2 school
2007-08-27 16:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by mtnhotte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are not going to be two moons. who told you that? its gonna be the Lunar eclipse, and best time too view in the east coast is about 530am... west coast would be about 2-3am.. the moon will change colors, orange then red, and get really dark.. its gonna look nice
2007-08-27 16:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by yafathomiejt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is a lunar eclipse tonight. It will look like the moon is red. It doesn't start untill around 3am pst.
2007-08-27 16:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by atjetcmk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think a planet has the capability to escape the Sun's gravity and get close enough to Earth the look that big?
Where has all the common sense gone?
2007-08-27 16:24:21 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There will not be two moons. There will never be two moons. It's an internet hoax that has been circling through e-mail for several years.
2007-08-27 16:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by andrea_bocelli_fan1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those are planets, not stars. The brighter one is Venus, and the dimmer one Jupiter. They've been up for weeks now.
2016-05-19 22:19:12 · answer #9 · answered by elsie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm.....to be honest with you, I havent hear anything about two moons... thus, never paid attention to it. One moon was enough for me. If you actually catch two moons in my picture, please share it online. Thank you
2007-08-27 16:27:46 · answer #10 · answered by ucsdhappyasian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋