Chris L Peterson wrote:
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Mars was very close _two_ years ago. This story was put into circulation
again last summer (which was ridiculous- Mars is only in opposition
every other year), and again this summer, where it is merely inaccurate
(Mars will be close again, but not as close as it was two years ago). I
don't know who keeps dredging up this old story, but it's looking like
we're now cursed to see it annually!


Unfortunately, an incredibly large number of people just forward anything that
looks interesting to everyone they know without checking to make sure it's true.

Some folks think planets are just like constellations - they'll appear in the
same place every year.

But it's hard to figure they'd believe the planet would be the closest it's been
in 60k years every year.