Parade of the planets: what is it and what does it affect?

Today, July 4, kicks off the so-called parade of planets — astronomical phenomenon, during which several planets of the Solar system are on the same side of the Sun, in a sector.

The parade, which has developed now, is considered to be large — in a code number and lined up just six planets: mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. It will last until the middle of next month.

If you look to the sky at night, you will be able to find it on Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, in the morning you will see Venus, but mercury will be observable only from July 22.

6 planets in one sector is not a limit, commonly known full-dress parade occurred in 1982, when the sector angle of 95 degrees lined up all 9 planets (including Pluto, which is no longer classified as a planet in 2006). This event was even issued a series of stamps in Romania and China.

As noted astronomer and candidate of physico-mathematical Sciences Vladimir Surdin in an interview to the Moscow planetarium, the total gravitational influence of planets on our Earth is very weak, people will not affect it in any way, but the Sun and planets act can, by calling on our star the tides, however, as noted by a physicist, they are also quite small — one to two inches in height.

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