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See The Supermoon Tonight

Posted by timothy on from the wear-no-kryptonite dept.

watermark writes "About every 28 years a 'supermoon' occurs. This is when the moon's orbit is closest to earth at the same time as a full moon. Saturday night will be the biggest, brightest full moon you will see in the next 28 years." The buzzkills at Space.com explain though that (For North Americans at least) you'll actually only be seeing a "waning gibbous moon," but it should still be spectacular.

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  1. No No No !!!!! It will be BARELY noticable by thomasdz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does anybody research these things?? It's not that THAT unusual. Slashdot is turning into Digg.
    Do a Google search on "supermoon hype" and read the links!

    Arrrggghhh

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  2. Re:No No No !!!!! It will be BARELY noticable by hort_wort · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Heh, this reminds me of when Mars came close back in `03.
    http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/Mars/Mars.htm

    Folks quickly started misquoting the prediction and saying that Mars would appear larger than the full moon to the naked eye. Websites started yelling at the space programs of the world to launch rockets, wanting to put men on Mars "while it was closer than the moon".

    People believe anything these days.... Would anyone like to buy some anti-radiation pills? Only $800 a box.

  3. Re:No No No !!!!! It will be BARELY noticable by RoFLKOPTr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stupid things and mistakes are submitted to Slashdot on an hourly basis. Blame timothy for actually posting it to the front page.