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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.
A triple conjunction between Mars and Jupiter occurred. At the first conjunction on May 26, 929, Mars, whose brightness was −1.8 mag, stood 3.1 degrees south of Jupiter with a brightness of −2.6 mag. The second conjunction took place on July 4, 929, whereby Mars stood 5.7 degrees south of Jupiter. Both planets were −2.8 mag bright.
The ascending nodes of both planets are similar (100.6 degrees for Jupiter and 113.7 degrees for Saturn), meaning if Saturn is above or below Earth's orbital plane Jupiter usually is too. Because these nodes align so well it would be expected that no closest approach will ever be much worse than the difference between the two inclinations.
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 ...
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
When will the planets align next? If you're hoping for a big celestial show, six planets — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn — will form a diagonal line August 28, 2024, Star ...
Three planets constitutes a mini alignment. Four planets are a small alignment, which we saw during April 8’s eclipse. ... Feb. 28, 2025 and Aug. 9, 2025 will have seven planets: Mercury, Venus ...
Dwarf planet 90377 Sedna will reach its perihelion of 76 AU from the Sun. [34] 2079 August 11 Mercury occults Mars, the first since at least 1708. [31] 2083 A star system known as "V Sagittae" is expected to go nova this year (+/- 11 years). 2084 November 10 Transit of Earth as seen from Mars, the first and the only one in this century. 2085 ...