On February 28, 2011 there Will Be A Planetary Event That Will NOT Occur Again In Our Lifetimes. Mars will pull closely into our orbit and our sky will appear to have two moons.Really?
This is worth fact-checking. The majority of searchers fail to check facts. In most cases it's a very simple second search: you find some information and want to check it out. You already have the keywords you need to check, so coming up with a query isn't a problem. NOT doing it is the problem.
I queried this using Google: february 28, 2011 mars orbit
The closest result is about venus' orbit. Nothing in the first page of results even close to this claim.
I was pretty sure something must have been written about this phenomenon, so tried a couple of query variations:
february 28, 2011 mars earth orbit (still nothing relevant to the claim)
february 28, 2011 mars orbit two moons Aha! the following return is close:
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/will-mars-appear-as-large-as-a-full-moon-in-august-2010
This one refutes a similar claim made about August 27, 2010.
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