Mars Approach to Earth August 27

Lately, the news circulated on the internet that Mars will be closer to Earth on August 27. It is said that visits to the naked eye, the red planet will look at the full moon from Earth. At that time, Earth seemed to have two months. The message that this is not the first time in circulation. The same message has been outstanding in 2004 and then - in the email format - titled 'Mars Spectacular' which is sent by an anonymous source. However, no mention in what year, the momentum of August 27 it will happen.

This news spread rapidly through cyberspace. Fill in the email, on August 27th Mars will be closer to Earth, only within a range of 34.65 miles (55 million kilometers), rare events that happened in the last 60,000 years. Besides the appearance of Mars for the appearance of the Moon, the planet approaches the Earth's gravity will cause problems on Earth, creating problems that interfere with the tide.

Fortunately the approach of Mars to Earth news is false news. Planetarium spokesman Scienceworks, Rohan Astley, email continues to circulate the same every year, approaching the Month in August. He added, did Mars ever closer to Earth, but not this year. "Mars is ever closer to Earth in August 2003, but the appearance of the red planet was only clearly visible through a telescope, not with the naked eye," the page is loaded News.com.au, Monday, August 9, 2010. As the page loaded Space, August 27th is meant by the email, is August 27, 2003, when Mars closer to Earth within 55.7 million kilometers. Hubble telescope when it was perpetuating the image of the Mars spectacular. But then, with the naked eye, Mars looked no more than just the bright orange star, did not look like a full moon. This year 2010, Mars will appear small, not like the appearance in 2003.