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Credit & Copyright: Prasun Agrawal
Explanation:
The world is waking up to a picturesque planet parade.
Just before dawn, the eastern skies over much of
planet Earth
are decorated by a notable line of familiar planets.
In much of Earth's northern hemisphere, this
line of planets appears most
nearly horizontal,
but in much of
Earth's southern hemisphere, the line appears more nearly vertical.
Pictured over the
Sydney Opera House in southern
Australia,
the planet line was captured nearly vertical about five days ago.
From top to bottom, the morning planets are
Saturn,
Mars,
Venus, and
Jupiter.
As April ends, the angular distance between Venus and Jupiter will gradually pass below a degree as they switch places.
Then, as May ends,
Jupiter will pass near Mars as those two planets
switch places.
In June, the parade will briefly expand to include Mercury.
Notable Submissions to APOD:
Morning Planet Parade 2022
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: planetary alignment
Publications with words: planetary alignment
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