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See a rare alignment of all the planets in the night sky
nationalgeographic.com/sc ^
| JUNE 16, 2022
| ANDREW FAZEKAS
Posted on 06/16/2022 3:19:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A grand celestial reunion is due in Earth’s skies throughout June. Sky-watchers will get a rare chance to see all the major planets in our solar system bunched together—with the moon joining the festivities, too, from June 17 to June 27.
This rare alignment includes the five planets easily spotted with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Each is bright enough to be seen even in light-polluted city skies, with brilliant Venus being the brightest and Mercury the faintest. Our closest planets will appear to be arranged across the sky in the same order as their distance from the sun.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: alignment; astronomy; brb; jupiter; mars; mercury; saturn; science; venus
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:19:23 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:22:19 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Lining up for a trick shot. 8 ball in the corner pocket.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:22:56 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
With that kind of alignment, gravity will be higher than normal in that area of the sky, where some people will be pulled from Earth and thrown into deep space, unwilling astronauts all.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:27:06 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: BenLurkin
Isn’t this supposed to make the Sun spin out of the Milky Way Galaxy and result in massive volcanoes and earthquakes? Worse than Guam flipping over.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:28:01 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: BenLurkin
I hope I don't see Uranus.
Oh, come on! There always has to be a mandatory infantile Uranus joke in a thread like this....
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:28:16 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
It would have been a disappointment had there not.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:29:23 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:30:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:31:32 PM PDT
by
algore
To: adorno
Just have to wear your bathing suit...
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:33:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Called my daughter in law right away about this since she’s a sky watcher. So she’s happy about this news!
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:35:40 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:38:07 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
To: BenLurkin
Thank you for posting these photos. When I went on the article I was stopped by Natlgeo demanding I give them my email. No thankyou. But the article is interesting, as much as I could get on here.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:38:14 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
I also declined to put in an email. Seriously, why are they even asking for?
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:39:36 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Another harmonica convention. Cool.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:42:54 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BenLurkin
Wife & I always walk around 5 AM and I very much enjoy seeing Venus catching the sun just before daybreak. This ought to be a show.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:44:25 PM PDT
by
abb
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, but where’s Uranus.
Sorry. I’m never gonna grow up.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:45:50 PM PDT
by
StAntKnee
(Add your own danged sarc tag)
To: algore
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:54:21 PM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
To: StAntKnee
Evsrything is alright. Up tight; clean out of sight.
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posted on
06/16/2022 3:54:54 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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