The two moons of August 27 2009 is just a hoax! Dos Lunas Cielo (2 moons in the sky) is impossible. Many people are expecting to see two moons tonight while looking at the sky but let me break you sweet dream by telling you it is fake and is not even possible. This is just a worldwide forward email spam which started the rumor and it is nothing more than that. I don’t know if you got one of those forward emails during the last 3 years stating that today 27 August 2009 there will be an exceptional event in the sky. That is people will be able to see 2 MOONS instead of the usual one we normally see. In fact, since 2006 there is a spam email being forwarded worldwide.
I remember I got that last year and that one in fact caught my attention and I had read it. Normally I simply send of these forward emails to the spam box but that one was interesting but the fact is it is fake and stupid. The email explained that today 27 August 2009, the planet Mars will be very near to Earth and this event will not happen until the year 2287!
So due to this close encounter we will see two moon size objects in the sky! Well if we use our little brain a bit it is easy to see this is not possible. Even with a normal telescope we cannot see planet Mars so big. Now to be able to see Mars as the same size of the moon, the planet will have to approach Earth over millions of KM!
This is not possible. Fernando Jáuregui, Astrophysicist from the Planetarium of Pamplona-Iruña back this argument on IETB today. Well if you were the one who forwarded the email to your friends too, then be sure you got fooled lol. So if you wanna watch the sky tonight, enjoy the sight of stars and the moon, do it but do not wait till midnight to see two moons.
