But the fact is, Mars will ALWAYS be bigger than the moon .... hee hee --- On Tue, 7/20/10, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote: From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mars E-mail To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 2:55 PM Interesting...I think this is the first year that I haven't gotten any. 'Course, now I've tempted fate... Dan On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
I've had a couple. Happily in each case it was from someone asking if it was true rather than assuming it was.
Also sent messages to the local TV weather folks advising it's a hoax and linked to the 2006 S&T article on the subject.
patrick
On 20 Jul 2010, at 13:07, Robert Taylor wrote:
Alright I just got my first one. Surprised it took so long. "Mars will be as big as the Moon on August 23rd, we won't see it again until 2287."
The worst part is that came from some one I went to great length to explain it to last year. Anyone else get one yet?
Bob Taylor
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