Re: Yes

[Mark Frischknecht <appleiiguy@gmail.com>]

On 2009-08-20 20:27:55 -0700, mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> said:

> On Aug 21, 12:43�pm, Michael Kent <n.k...@webtv.remove.this.com>
> wrote:
> > In comp.sys.apple2 Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Rosalie Mignon wrote:
> > > > > On 27 August, at midnight 30 minutes, look in the sky.
> > > > > The planet Mars will be the brightest star in the sky.
> > > > > It will be as big as the full moon.
> > > > > Mars will be 34.65 million miles from Earth.
> > > Hmm, let's see...
> >
> > > Years out of date, off by a factor of 60, totally irrelevant
> > > to the Apple II...
> >
> > You mean Mars won't be as big as the full moon while 35 million miles
> > away? �Darn! �I was hoping to live to see Mars in its red giant phase
> .
>
> Actually, it should be about twice as big (by radius) as the full
> moon, regardless of where it is ...
>
> *ducks*


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