>The "Mars hoax" seems to be in wide circulation.
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>Mars is claimed to become the size of the of the full moon! Somewhere around Aug. 27.
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>The facts are, Mars will be close to its poorest visibility on that date. And, it will never become the size of the full moon - unless there is a drastic (and catastrophic) change in the current configuration.
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>For more information:
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>http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp
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>http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm (from 2005, but still relevant)


I received two this week. I do not understand the idiocy of the senders. Not only because they do not read or comprehend what they are sending (these two where from people known to me, not spam-bots) but for the lack of critical thinking. You do not need to know much about astronomy and just a little physics to realize that if Mars ever shows at the same size as the moon something is very wrong!

If interested, I have a used bridge I can sell at a very low price.

One more explanation:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/news/