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January 4 'Zero Gravity Day' Turns Out to be a Complete Hoax

by Dr. Trupti Shirole on January 5, 2015 at 8:28 AM
 January 4 'Zero Gravity Day' Turns Out to be a Complete Hoax

An article which claimed that a unique planetary alignment on January 4, 2015, would decrease the effects of the Earth's gravity, causing temporary partial weightlessness, when people would be able to float in the air for 5 minutes has turned out to be a complete hoax.

The story about this 'zero gravity day' had been shared more than a million times on Facebook. Sources for the unusual interplanetary episode include a photo-shopped tweet from NASA and an explanation of the Jovian-Plutonian Gravitational Effect, attributed to Sir Patrick Moore.

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While microgravity events can be found off Earth, a Nasa representative said, "Temporary microgravity can be created using aircraft flying in parabolic arcs."

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