Alle Planeten, die gleichzeitig in seltener planetarischer Parade ausgerichtet sind
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/planets-align-planetary-parade-february-b2693163.html
Alle Planeten, die gleichzeitig in seltener planetarischer Parade ausgerichtet sind
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/planets-align-planetary-parade-february-b2693163.html
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It’s been pretty cool seeing this start to happen. Lots of light pollution where I’m at.
This may be something everyone wants to see but would not see. And would not care about it even. It’s sad….
Some planets align in rare planetary parade* ftfy
I’m in the parade! I’ll be on the EARTH float.
„Align“ implies that sometimes they are scattered in the sky. This is not the case.
All the planets are within a couple degrees of the ecliptic all the time. This is a geometric plane in the solar system (imagine a Frisbee with the sun in the middle, and every planet’s orbit somewhere on that disk).
This „alignment“ simply means that all are in our night sky at the same time.
So… what exactly defines a „planetary parade“?
After all, all the planets are orbiting in (almost) the same plane so that they, along with the sun, are ALWAYS arranged in an (almost) straight line across the sky. The only question is how close they appear to be to each other.
It’s all fun and games until it summons the Ultimate Evil
Harmonic convergence again? Has it really been 10,000 years already? Explains a lot about current events I guess 😂
So the radio telescope operators will be grumbling that their pointing calibration sources are all right next to each other. Great.
‘From our viewpoint’ – alignment is only in our view of the heavens, not a physical alignment of the sort that the Voyager program took advantage of.
Good luck seeing Saturn 7° up at sunset. That’s not gonna be an easy one to spot.
Uranus and Neptune also shouldn’t really be included in these if they’re being touted as naked-eye events. Both planets are invisible to the naked eye. Uranus can perhaps be glimpsed from the darkest skies on an ideal evening.
So generally we’re talking about seeing Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars on 2/28. If you go outside tonight you’ll see Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars instead, so just as impressive of a visual lineup.
_In 18 years precisely,
The planets will align ever so nicely.
The time to act will be at hand,
Unleash the Titans, your monstrous band.
Then the once-proud Zeus will finally fall,
And you, Hades, will rule all!_