Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Planets In The Sun
Explanation:
Today [ http://science.nasa…], all five naked-eye planets [ http://www.seds.org…] (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) plus the Moon and the Sun [ http://helios.gsfc.…sun.html ] will at least approximately line-up. As viewed [ http://drumright.os…] from planet Earth, they will be clustered within about 26 degrees, the closest alignment for all these celestial bodies [ http://science.nasa…ast30mar_1m.htm#alig nments ] since February 1962, when there was a solar eclipse [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]! Such planetary alignments [ http://www.griffith…] are not dangerous, except of course that the Sun might hurt your eyes when you look at it [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. So it might be easier [ http://sohowww.nasc…] to appreciate today's solar system [ http://space.jpl.na…] spectacle if
Credit and Copyright:
SOHO [ http://sohowww.nasc…] - LASCO [ http://lasco-www.nr…] Consortium, ESA [ http://www.esrin.es…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
sun
keyword:
saturn
keyword:
mars
keyword:
jupiter
keyword:
moon
keyword:
planetary alignment
facet_when:
February 1962
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Venus
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
SOHO
facet_what:
Venus
facet_when_year:
1962
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap000505

Planets In The Sun
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