[Lvas] Mars August 27th

[David Blanchette]

Did you notice the 2003 date on the article?

Did you notice the article says nothing about "...almost the size of 
the moon.."?

Also check out 
http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp 
(www.snopes.com is your friend)





At 04:18 PM 5/29/2009, you wrote:
>Mars will be the closest it has been to earth in thousands of years on
>august 27th. Its supposed to be almost the size of the moon on that
>evening.
>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_history_030826.html
>
>Marc
>
>
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