Two moons on 27th August 201027th Aug the Whole World is waiting for....
This email rumor circulating since 2003 claims August 27 will bring 'the closest encounter between Mars and Earth in recorded history.' Supposedly it will look as though there are two moons in the night sky.
The text of this rumor was roughly accurate when a version of it first began circulating in the summer of 2003.
It was outdated by the time it went around again in 2005, however, and just plain false when it appeared for the third and fourth times in 2006 and 2007.
It flooded the Internet under the header "Two Moons on August 27" in 2008, and as a slide show entitled "Mars Spectacular" in 2009.
It's now 2010. How many times can a "once in a lifetime" event occur?
Here are the facts:
Seven years ago, on August 27, 2003, the oscillating orbits of Mars and Earth did, in fact, bring the two planets closer together than at any other time during the past 50,000 years. And though Mars never actually appeared "as large as the full moon to the naked eye" — not even close — it was indeed, for a few special days in 2003, among the brightest objects in the night sky.
October 2005 brought another well-publicized "close encounter," though in that case Earth and Mars were about 13 million kilometers further apart than during the 2003 event.
Nothing so spectacular is predicted for 2010.
It sounds interesting and makes you want to keep it in your reminder, as the mail claims that NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again!
I am sure a lot of people all over the world waited anxiously for this to happen on August 27, 2010, expecting to see this miracle.
It's a little ironic that people on some parts of the world will not even see a single moon on that day! A total lunar eclipse is will be occuring on some parts of the world on that day. But this year also Mars will come a little close to earth but it will still be only around 85 million Kilometers and it wil not be anything near the 'Mars spectacular' that happened in 2003.
So people, please stop forwarding this chain letter. Considerable amount of time, energy, money and resources are wasted everyday by people forwarding seemingly useful but false information.
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 cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 @ 11:00 PM (UAE Local Time). 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.
This email rumor circulating since 2003 claims August 27 will bring 'the closest encounter between Mars and Earth in recorded history.' Supposedly it will look as though there are two moons in the night sky.
The text of this rumor was roughly accurate when a version of it first began circulating in the summer of 2003.
It was outdated by the time it went around again in 2005, however, and just plain false when it appeared for the third and fourth times in 2006 and 2007.
It flooded the Internet under the header "Two Moons on August 27" in 2008, and as a slide show entitled "Mars Spectacular" in 2009.
It's now 2010. How many times can a "once in a lifetime" event occur?
Here are the facts:
Seven years ago, on August 27, 2003, the oscillating orbits of Mars and Earth did, in fact, bring the two planets closer together than at any other time during the past 50,000 years. And though Mars never actually appeared "as large as the full moon to the naked eye" — not even close — it was indeed, for a few special days in 2003, among the brightest objects in the night sky.
October 2005 brought another well-publicized "close encounter," though in that case Earth and Mars were about 13 million kilometers further apart than during the 2003 event.
Nothing so spectacular is predicted for 2010.
It sounds interesting and makes you want to keep it in your reminder, as the mail claims that NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again!
I am sure a lot of people all over the world waited anxiously for this to happen on August 27, 2010, expecting to see this miracle.
It's a little ironic that people on some parts of the world will not even see a single moon on that day! A total lunar eclipse is will be occuring on some parts of the world on that day. But this year also Mars will come a little close to earth but it will still be only around 85 million Kilometers and it wil not be anything near the 'Mars spectacular' that happened in 2003.
So people, please stop forwarding this chain letter. Considerable amount of time, energy, money and resources are wasted everyday by people forwarding seemingly useful but false information.
