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On 17 August 2017, the Wyoming Magazine web site published an article suggesting that NASA scientists had miscalculated the dates of a then-imminent solar eclipse: The item touched on floods of tourism expected by states in the path of the solar eclipse, quoting Wyoming's governor as saying that Wyoming doesn’t need an eclipse to shine and [a] visit to our state is spectacular with or without a once-in-lifetime astronomical occurrence. Although the item was not marked as satire or fake news, that was clearly the case. NASA did not miscalculate the solar eclipse's dates -- in fact, they tweeted about it on the same day the article was published: Searches for Dr. Theodore Moneta led back exclusively to the 17 August 2017 item. The agency tweeted about the eclipse on the same day the article was published: Moreover, the Wyoming Office of Tourism's Facebook page commented on Wyoming Magazine's miscalculated eclipse post, saying that the outlet was pranking everyone:
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