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2 moons on 27 Aug 2006

2 moons on 27 Aug 2006

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 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.

2006-8-7 10:40 AM

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thx for ur great infor
I will check whether it is

2006-8-7 10:46 AM

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oh..thnx for the info...am so excited about it now....hahaha

2006-8-7 11:18 AM

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this kind of news is supposed to be made public by some authoritative organizations...!!!

2006-8-7 11:24 AM

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Reply #1 travelbug's post

I'm glad you brought this up. I like to keep up with things of this nature yet I had no idea this was going to
happen. THANX!

2006-8-7 11:24 AM

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Wow 2 moons...full moons...wonder how high the hormone tide can get during this time hahaha~ I just hope it won't be cloudy and spoil this because this will be a great excuse for a menage a trois.

2006-8-7 11:31 AM

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hmm..1230am china time..it will be 230am here..omg...i will drink a lot of coffee to keep awake...ahaha

2006-8-7 11:32 AM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by sinfulangel at 2006-8-7 11:18
oh..thnx for the info...am so excited about it now....hahaha

I thought you are living in the Down Under now.I am not sure if you will be able to see there.

2006-8-7 11:48 AM

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Perhaps you can help us and tell us which region in the world can actually see it with the naked eye? If SA can't see it due to being in Oceania...well then sorry to hear that =(.

2006-8-7 11:49 AM

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oh...am in aust...can i see it here??...oh...i will feel so bad if i cant see it....

2006-8-7 11:50 AM

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Hi guys, thanks for your replies. This is a message forwarded from one of my American teachers back in college. and I do not think he was joking about that. thats why I put it here. But one of my friends just now said it actually happened in 2003,(is that true?) and probably won;t happen on 27th Aug .(hopefully he was wrong) but just if you guys don't see it happen on that day, please do not kick my butt!

2006-8-7 11:53 AM

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"The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287."

so dont miss it. :p

2006-8-7 11:54 AM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by travelbug at 2006-8-6 22:53
Hi guys, thanks for your replies. This is a message forwarded from one of my American teachers back in college. and I do not think he was joking about that. thats why I put it here. But one of my ...

it was not exactly true, but it was close... i didnt witness it, but i heard it was not "as large as the moon to the naked eye" as predicted. then on every august 27, some ppl expect it to happen... so will they this year.

ok... this is what i've found... "Close Encounter with Mars (2006 Version)"
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mars_encounter_2006.htm
"Status: False"

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2006-8-7 11:58 AM

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...............................................................to be continued

continued.........................................................................

2006-8-7 12:37 PM

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Moon vs. Mars

As several pointed out above, Mars had its closest approach to Earth in over 50,000 years on Aug. 27, 2003.  It won't come as close again until Aug. 28, 2287.  In the 2003 approach Mars was 55.86 million km away and had an apparent diameter of 25.16 arc SECONDS.  That means that it was still a small disk, even when seen in a small telescope.

The Moon averages about 385,000 km from Earth.  The apparent diameter of the full moon varies between 29.87 and 33.75 arc MINUTES depending on the distance from Earth.  Since an arc minute is 60 times larger than an arc second, the Moon ALWAYS appears more than 60 times larger than Mars.

It looks like someone got minutes and seconds confused in the original web reports.  Oh well, that happens to me too.  Sometimes minutes seem like seconds, and sometimes they seem like hours.

2006-8-8 03:39 AM

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What's next?

Really want to continue reading your post, any more coming soon?

china seo

2007-8-2 01:13 PM

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YES, this is an attracting article.

I will read with my walkman full of <a href=http://www.kendoo.com/kenwood-radio-battery.asp>Kenwood Radio Battery</a>.

2007-8-20 04:10 PM

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