Two moons on 27 Aug 2007

hello friends, i have heard that there will be two moons on 27 Aug 2007.. Is it true?? how is it possible then
will it be Mars or something??!

 

Where the heck did you hear that? Why would we have two moons on aug 27. ?

 

Mars will closest to Earth at that time from what I heard (on radio). Have to wait over 200 years for the next occurance.

 

one of my friends has heard it on BBC News.

i m thinking the same.

 

Cool

maybe someone know exactly url, where I can read more about it?

 

People will believe anything. It truly is amazing that people are so gullible.

http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

 

Good Find. It appears that some newscasters may have gotton a bit over excited in the reporting as a Lunar Eclipse occurs the same day ( http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/...n-lunar-eclipse/2007/08/24/1187462480597.html ) and they probably tried to join both events together.

 

thanks for the link mate

 

Yup it's a busted rumor. Some friends were telling me the same thing a couple of years ago when Mars was at its closest to Earth. They swore that we could look up and see Mars in the night sky and I told them that was wrong. They told me that I was wrong and they had heard it from the news!

I don't know how these rumors get started and keep going but if you think about it for a minute, if a planet came close enough to ours that you could see it in the night sky as big as the moon we would all soon be in big trouble here on earth!

 

Its Mars,
It will come closest to the earth on that day.

 

when I see two moons ...

it will be true,,

 

where is news source link?
and will it be visible to everyone on earth ?

 

So when Mars comes real close to Earth, can I jump on the red planet while it passes near me?

 

You can see Mars in the night sky from Earth nearly every night. And there are several other "Naked Eye Planets". Probably everyone has seen them, but unless you know how to tell the difference, you would think that it's just a bright star.

 

Perhaps they mean this?

Chief Two Moons:

 

that's a great site...comes in very handy for the parents/relatives who are fwd happy with emails

 

i never saw MARS with my eyes.. but I saw the planets using telescopes.. which is incredible but not clear as like stars. And i don't believe that Earth will ever have two moon neither i heard any rumors.

 

We should have our telescopes ready by then. It would be cool to have two moon even just for a second, just like tatooine.

 

can you or any other member please tell me how to locate MArs or any other planet in the night sky?

 

There's going to be a total moon eclipse at midnight tonight and I get a front row seat.