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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:39 am
by NoRRmad
From: http://sfsidewalkastronomers.org/newsarticles/marshoax

"Mars in August" Internet Hoax
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There's an email spreading like wildfire among friends and family about how amazingly close Mars will be to Earth this August. Unfortunately the message fails to mention that it applies to 2003, not 2005. Mars viewing will peak this year in October, not August.