2 moons !
Just recently I received a forward from a friend which read :
<email>
Hi All,
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 cultimate 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. Don't Miss it.....
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
NOTE: Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.....
</email>
I was curious and just a simple google search resulted in following site :
http://www.astronomy.com/ASY/CS/forums/284916/ShowPost.aspx
which clearly mentions that "It's simply old news from 2003 being mistakenly recycled.". and even in 2003, the case was that 'when looking through a 75 power telescope Mars would appear as large as a Full Moon to the naked-eye.'
I am sure within days, you all will also receive this email. But please dont blindly believe in all the forwards you get.. it not only would waste your (and many others) time (like watching sky on Aug 27 at night :) ) but also increases internet traffic affecting the overall speed.
Plllleassssss Make sure you validate the authenticity of the news before forwarding !
<email>
Hi All,
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 cultimate 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. Don't Miss it.....
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
NOTE: Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.....
</email>
I was curious and just a simple google search resulted in following site :
http://www.astronomy.com/ASY/CS/forums/284916/ShowPost.aspx
which clearly mentions that "It's simply old news from 2003 being mistakenly recycled.". and even in 2003, the case was that 'when looking through a 75 power telescope Mars would appear as large as a Full Moon to the naked-eye.'
I am sure within days, you all will also receive this email. But please dont blindly believe in all the forwards you get.. it not only would waste your (and many others) time (like watching sky on Aug 27 at night :) ) but also increases internet traffic affecting the overall speed.
Plllleassssss Make sure you validate the authenticity of the news before forwarding !
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posted by Aniruddha at 2:51 PM
2 Comments:
Absolutely true. I might ve got that mail almost more than 20 times. I mean this is madness. Takes a hell lota time to delete these kindsa fwds. Spams like fwd this to 20 ppl and miracle will happen. How can s/w engineers fall prey to this.
Other kinds include ones which r asked to fwd coz AOL gives them 10 cent for every fwd n they r in need of that..
I join hands with u in the appeal.. ppl shud nt fwd mails simply becoz they receive them, n help reduce internet traffic..
:)
yes even I dont understand how s/w engineers fall prey to such emails ... I think its more fear like if I dont do X, something bad will happen .. so why take a risk ? but thats ridiculous ..
any such mail forwardars out there who want to comment ? :)
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