HERE IS WHAT SUCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN. Below is a picture of Mars. It accompanies an article that a L-O-T of people are talking(and wondering) about. Wonder no more — what you are about to read is not true. You will notice that I put the article in BOLD and ITALICS. After you read it,….keep scrolling for a link to National Geographic about the HOAX!
Seeing Red!
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide.
At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
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NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.
OK — so now that you know what you just read is A HOAX,….here is a link to a National Geographic article:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090826-mars-hoax-full-moon-email.html