2 moons on 27 Aug?

cheerios · Post by **cheerios** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:08 pm

i just received a email and it says there will be 2 moons on the 27th this month @ 12.30am. Is it true?
i'll quote the email here

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 Cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off 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.

djoko · Post by **djoko** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:16 pm

Of course it is not true.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/errata/a/two-moons.htm

cheerios · Post by **cheerios** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:36 pm

OH thanks alot haha!!! now i know it's not true ;D

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:09 am

every year... every single year...!
i've full respect for teachers and lecturers who have to teach the same stuffs every year... the burden of education... sigh...

Post by **weixing** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:16 am

Hi,
Just like the 7th Month... this "Mars as big as Moon" chain email appear every Aug.

Anyway, welcome to SingAstro!!

Have a nice day.

sehchoi · Post by **sehchoi** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:00 pm

Hello...

Yeah! Agreed... I've been telling this to my friends for the past 2 years including this year.

Mars hoax has been flooding people emails ever since... ^_^

Take care!

cheerios · Post by **cheerios** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:04 pm

weixing wrote:Hi,
Just like the 7th Month... this "Mars as big as Moon" chain email appear every Aug.

Anyway, welcome to SingAstro!!

Have a nice day.

haha yea! thanks, i love the moon thats why i found this forum interesting!