
I remember I got it last year and that really caught my attention and I had read it. Usually I only send this e-mail to the spam box, but that one was interesting, but the fact is it is fake and stupid. The email explained that today August 27, 2009, Mars will be very close to Earth, and this incident will not happen before the year 2287!
So because of this close encounter, we will see two moon-size objects in the sky! Well, if we use our brains a bit, it is easy to see, this is not possible. Even with an ordinary pair of binoculars, we can not see Mars as big. Now to see Mars as the size of the moon, the planet approaches the Earth over millions of KM!
This is not possible. Fernando Jauregui, astrophysicist from the planetarium in Pamplona-Iruna turns this argument on IETB days. Well if you were the person who sent the e-mail to your friends as well, so be sure you have a good idea lol. So if you want to see the sky in the evening enjoys the sight of the stars and the moon, do it, but do not wait until midnight to see two moons.