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08-18-2008, 03:31 AM
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Nice post venom007 ... I'll try to see this in the province where there is less smog.
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08-18-2008, 03:39 PM
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i think it will happen in the universe...not indonesia
 ...oh... rofl ...hope u dont get angry ..just kidding
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08-18-2008, 03:49 PM
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Unfortunately it seems that there is a "Mars Hoax" going around.
NO WAY. From Space and Telescope.com Actually, "hoax" is the wrong word, unless some joker out there is spreading it knowingly (quite possible). It's an e-mail chain letter claiming that Mars is about to come closer than ever in history and will look as big and bright as the full Moon with the naked eye. If your well-meaning great-aunt or your cousin's brother-in-law's dog hasn't sent it to you yet, it's probably just a matter of time. What's going on is this. Back in 2003 (that's 2003 with a "3" on the end, folks), Mars had an especially favorable opposition, coming close enough to Earth to appear 25 arcseconds wide. By comparison, Mars is about 8" wide now (August 2007) and will grow to 16" wide around its opposition in December 2007. THE REAL STORY. Even when Mars is at opposition, wasn't until December 2007, it looked like an orangish star, nowhere near as big and bright as the full Moon. S&T: Rick FienbergBack then, someone e-mailed someone else pointing out that at a magnification of 75× in a telescope, Mars would appear as big in the eyepiece (½° wide) as the Moon does unmagnified. True enough. But two things happened, as often do with chain letters. It got rewritten bit by bit to improve the story as it got passed around, so that the "75×" was downplayed or even left out. And the chain letter kept going and going long after August 2003 was history. Well, now it seems the hoax is back for another appearance in 2008, sorry, guys, but Mars won't be seen as good as that until a much later year, I think it works out to be something like the year 2236. Here's another site that shows the hoax email: [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...] rep for Venom007, good story, though. EDIT Atomicwolf : moved to Science section
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08-27-2008, 02:29 PM
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ahhh....damn...i was hopping too much....im soo sad
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