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On Jan. 18, 2025, there will be six planets in the alignment: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn. On Feb. 28, 2025, all planets will be on the same side of the sun for a great ...
This can also be called a planetary alignment because the planets are all aligned. If you’ve ever seen the Disney movie, Hercules , you might remember that Hades’ big bad plan all revolved ...
Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. In reality, our solar system’s biggest planet and its dimmer, reddish neighbor will be more than 350 ...
The term is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun although they are not necessarily in a straight line, such as on March 10, 1982. [8] Apparent planetary alignment involving Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter; the Moon is also shown, as the brightest object.
Mars 8.7° East September 2, 2017 00:07:46 Mercury 4°06' south of Mars 10.8° West September 16, 2017 18:23:28 Mercury 3' north of Mars 16.9° West October 5, 2017 13:25:48 Venus 13' north of Mars 23.4° West October 18, 2017 14:56:38 Mercury 1°01' south of Jupiter 6.4° East November 13, 2017 06:10:03 Venus 17' north of Jupiter 13.8° West
Seen from a superior planet, an inferior planet on the opposite side of the Sun is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction occurs when the two planets align on the same side of the Sun. At inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet (see the diagram).
It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly between Mars and the Sun, positioning the red planet directly opposite of ...
Solar conjunction between Earth and Mars. Solar conjunction generally occurs when a planet or other Solar System object is on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth.From an Earth reference, the Sun will pass between the Earth and the object.