{"id":2820,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2820"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Saturn-Close-to-Earth-on-June-1st?-No,-It's-a-Hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2820","title":{"rendered":"Saturn Close to Earth on June 1st? No, It&#8217;s a Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCirculating report claims that, come June 1st, \u00a0Saturn will be closer to Earth than it has been in over 10,000 years and its appearance in the sky will be &#8216;unlike any other astronomical sight people have seen&#8217;.  \u00a0The report, which claims that the information was confirmed by NASA, features an image that depicts Saturn filling the sky above a city.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe claims in \u00a0the report are utter nonsense. Saturn will not be closer to Earth than it has for 10000 years in June 2016. Nor has the story been confirmed by NASA. And, of course, Saturn will not dominate the sky on June 1st as depicted in the fanciful image. The false story originates from a clickbait fake-news website called now88news.<br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nTHE WORLD WILL SEE SATURN CLOSE TO EARTH ON JUNE 1ST 2016NASA has confirmed that on June 1st, Saturn will be closer to Earth than it has been in over 10,000 years, with a spectacle that will be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unlike any other\" astronomical sight people have seen.<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/saturn-close-to-earth-on-june-1st-no-its-a-hoax\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,701\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1-300x263.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1809\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn close to Earth hoax\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/saturn-close-to-earth-hoax-1-228x200.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to a report that is rapidly making its way around the interwebs via social media, on June 1st 2016, \u00a0Saturn will be closer to Earth than it has been in over 10,000 years. The report claims that NASA has confirmed the information. It quotes an alleged NASA spokesman called &#8216;George Pooler&#8217; as explaining that &#8216;Saturn does not often come this close to Earth, and this will be a sight no one currently living has ever seen&#8217;.  \u00a0The report features an image that depicts an impossibly close Saturn dominating the sky above a large city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>But, alas, the claims in the report are total nonsense. Saturn will not be \u00a0closer to Earth than it has been in over 10,000 years on June 1st, NASA did not confirm the story, and there is no \u00a0record of a \u00a0NASA spokesperson \u00a0called George Spooler making any such comments. And, of course, Saturn will certainly not fill the sky as depicted in the fanciful image that comes with the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>This version of the story originates from \u00a0a \u00a0fake-news website called &#8216;now88news&#8217;. The site includes the following disclaimer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n\n<p><em>The content of the pages of this website now88news is for your general entertainment, information and use only. It is subject to change without notice. This website and its content is classed as satire and not factual information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The site also declares itself to be &#8216;Satire News&#8217; in the footer of its pages.  \u00a0However, many readers will not see the disclaimer or scroll down far enough to see the footer. Thus, people are apt to take the site&#8217;s reports seriously and share them \u00a0via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Alternative \u00a0versions of the  \u00a0false report have \u00a0been republished on several other fake-news or &#8216;entertainment&#8217; sites. A variant \u00a0of the story has \u00a0also circulated in the form of a social media meme from around April 2016. The earlier version claimed that the close encounter with \u00a0Saturn was to take place on May 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>So, I hear you ask,  \u00a0how will \u00a0Saturn really  \u00a0appear to us in June 2016? Astronomy website EarthSky.org <a title=\"Give me five minutes and I'll give you Saturn in 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/give-me-five-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn#when\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n\n<p><em>June 3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the opposition date \u00e2\u20ac\u201c features the ringed planet at its closest to Earth and brightest in our sky. Saturn is the faintest of the bright planets. It's still pretty bright, but, normally, you wouldn't pick it out from among the stars. But around May or June of 2016, you can view Saturn fairly easily, because Saturn appears as bright as the brightest stars.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, May and June 2016 are \u00a0actually \u00a0good months \u00a0to view Saturn. However, such favourable viewing periods occur \u00a0every year and 2016 is no different \u00a0than other years. And, it hardly needs to be said that, even on its June 3rd \u00a0opposition date, Saturn will not fill our skies as suggested in the \u00a0report&#8217;s image.  \u00a0Another astronomy site, In-The-Sky.org notes in a report \u00a0about <a title=\"Saturn at opposition\" href=\"https:\/\/in-the-sky.org\/news.php?id=20160603_13_100\">Saturn&#8217;s 2016 opposition<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n\n<p><em>Even at its closest approach to the Earth, however, it is not possible to distinguish it as more than a star-like point of light without the aid of a telescope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: May 19, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: May 19, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Give me five minutes and I'll give you Saturn in 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/give-me-five-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn#when\">Give me five minutes and I'll give you Saturn in 2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Saturn at opposition\" href=\"https:\/\/in-the-sky.org\/news.php?id=20160603_13_100\">Saturn at opposition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/saturn-close-to-earth-on-june-1st-no-its-a-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/saturn-close-to-earth-on-june-1st-no-its-a-hoax\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Circulating report claims that, come June 1st, \u00a0Saturn will be closer to Earth than it has been in over 10,000 years and its appearance in the sky will be &#8216;unlike any other astronomical sight people have seen&#8217;. \u00a0The report, which claims that the information was confirmed by NASA, features an image that depicts Saturn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}