Mercury, Venus and Saturn planets to appear in rare grouping

[Sweet Freedom]

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Starting Friday night, Mercury, Venus and Saturn will appear to be so close together that the bright trio will look like a new constellation. The rare grouping, which can be viewed through Sunday night, will be followed Monday night with Mercury and Venus separated by such a small distance that some observers may mistake the two planets for one large star.

The planets won't be in any danger of a galactic collision. They'll still be millions of miles away from one another, but from Earth they'll look as if they're side by side.

The Monday night separation of Mercury and Venus by one-tenth of one degree - or one-third of the visible surface of a full moon - isn't expected to happen again until 2070.

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The trio doesn't mark a transforming celestial occurrence, but rather the coincidence of the planets' different orbits, scientists said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20050621/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_sci_
threeplanets_wa_1

[PinkTiger]

1. Please fix the link.

Is this visible? At what time?

Thanks

[Cha]

2. The link has expired but thanks

for posting this..they are all in Cancer!

Little Home Bodies!

[Pallas180]

3. From Florida the three look like a big L in the sky. Very clearly

seen...one bright and the other two much dimmer

[cliss]

4. Here's a pdf file which shows

what's happening celestially. It looks like a rare conjunction of the three planets; Mercury, venus and saturn. Now: what does this mean, for the Inquiring Minds?

http://www.paulfloyd.id.au/amaz/try/charts/2005/June/June_2005_conjunction.pdf