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Date: 18 Aug 2007 02:00:53
From: ASTRO
Subject: ASTRO *MARS* on August 27th! (public service announcement)
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I just received a forwarded message from an old friend on my mailing
list, claiming "Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked
eye"..."culminate Aug. 27"..."It will look like the earth has 2 moons".
Here is my reply, in hopes that this hoax finally gets laid to rest...
In Vigilance,
Daniel Joseph Min
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/
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Dear ____,
As you know, the Stars are my forte, so please note that the message
you kindly (albeit unwittingly) forwarded is an Internet hoax that's
been floating around since 2004. Don't feel bad, because even many
amateur astronomers have been duped by this old hoax, many science-
teachers and professors! That's because not everyone truly studies
and practices astronomy nor astrology. I believe that most people
are simply too busy with other things, i.e., with life in general.
And we live in a extremely Anti-Xian society that shuns universal
knowledge for profane counterfeits. Trust is earned, never granted.
Like one Prophet wrote some centuries ago, nothing is less uncertain
than strict astronomical calculation. The Stars don't lie, hence the
Commandment against bearing false witness. The Stars of heaven bear
true witness.
Mars actually did make its historically-closest approach to Earth on
August 27, 2003, thus I had previously written and posted extensive
information about it, beginning in March of 2003.
As for this Monday August 27th 2007 anno Domini, Mars will actually
be about 18 Taurus, and the Sun will be about 9 Leo, by caelestial-
ecliptic zodiacal coordinates (against the background of the stars).
Thus Mars will be at a distance from Earth of about 1.2 astronomical
units -- that's further away from Earth than the Sun (always ~1.0 AU).
You see, Mars needs to be at inferior conjunction, meaning Earth is
directly between the Sun and Mars, or sysygy, in order for Mars to
approach nearest by the Earth, as illustrated in the diagram below:
*Sun
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Date: 17 Aug 2007 20:41:02
From: Uncle Vic
Subject: Re: ASTRO *MARS* on August 27th! (public service announcement)
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One fine day in alt.atheism, ASTRO <martian@hierarchy.star > bloodied us up
with this:
...sez Min, the gullible.
--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
Convicted by Earthquack.
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Date: 18 Aug 2007 00:17:03
From: Tom McDonald
Subject: Re: ASTRO *MARS* on August 27th! (public service announcement)
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On Aug 17, 7:00 pm, ASTRO <mart...@hierarchy.star > wrote:
> I just received a forwarded message from an old friend
You have no friends.
You have victims.
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Date: 17 Aug 2007 22:15:34
From: Al Klein
Subject: Re: ASTRO *MARS* on August 27th! (public service announcement)
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:17:03 -0000, Tom McDonald <kiltmac@gmail.com >
wrote:
>On Aug 17, 7:00 pm, ASTRO <mart...@hierarchy.star> wrote:
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>> I just received a forwarded message from an old friend
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>You have no friends.
>
>You have victims.
I always wondered what word the definition "people who ignore you, and
don't care whether you exist or not" applied to.
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