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When will the next alignment of all eight planets plus Pluto occur?
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∙ 6y ago
The planets never were and never will be in alignment.
Even if they were, they would not have any affect on our lives.
That depends a lot on what you mean with "alignment". It is extremely likely that all planets will be exactly in one line, as depicted in some popular Science Fiction or fantasy programs. After all, the planets move more or less independently one of another.
The more variation you allow (for example, "all planets within an arc of 10 degrees", "... of 20 degrees", etc.), the more likely this will happen within any given timeframe.
By the way, Pluto is no longer officially considered a planet; that leaves us (officially) with 8 planets.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe planets all orbit the sun at slightly different orbital angles - they NEVER line up in a row.
There have been dozens of times in the history of our solar system when several planets have been on the same side of the sun at one time, but they are not lined up.
In March 1982, all 8 planets were on the same side of the sun - not in a straight line, but at least on the same side.
Did anyone notice? Did anything happen?
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∙ 11y agoIf you are talking about a perfect alignment of the planets then in all respects NEVER.
The planets will only be in perfect alignment once every 86 billion trillion trillion trillion years!!
If we allow some form of imperfection, the chance drops to only once in 180 trillion years!
So considering the Solar System is only 4.6 billion years old, and only has another 5 billion years left, the chances of the planets aligning is nil.
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∙ 10y agoThat depends on what you mean by "line up".
The planets basically never all "line up" in a straight line, if that's what you were thinking; it's not terribly common for them all to even be on the same "side" of the Sun.
This question was asked of the astronomers at Cornell University back in 1999, and the answer was that the last time all 9 planets (remember, Pluto was at the time considered a planet) were within the same 30 degree arc of the sky as seen from the Sun (about as close as they can ever get to being "lined up") was in 561 BC, and the next time this will happen will be in AD 2854. The planets "line up" in an even looser sense about once every 500 years or so.
Based on the timing of this question, I suspect you may have believed the nonsense about there being a "planetary alignment" on Jan 4 2014 that would have the effect of reducing gravity on Earth enough to let people who jumped at the right time "float", but you missed it and are hoping it will come around again soon. Don't worry, you didn't miss anything; it was a hoax.
The force of gravity between you and your computer monitor is much, much greater than the force of gravity between you and Jupiter (and all the other planets have an effect much less than that). Jupiter's a lot bigger than your computer monitor, but it's a lot further away too, and the force drops off as the square of the distance. The Moon and the Sun are the only celestial bodies that exert a significant gravitational force on Earth (producing the tides).
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∙ 14y agoThat depends a lot on what you mean with "alignment". It is extremely likely that all planets will be exactly in one line, as depicted in some popular science fiction or fantasy programs. After all, the planets move more or less independently one of another.
The more variation you allow (for example, "all planets within an arc of 10 degrees", "... of 20 degrees", etc.), the more likely this will happen within any given timeframe.
By the way, Pluto is no longer officially considered a planet; that leaves us (officially) with 8 planets.
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∙ 6y agoThe realistic answer is never. It is statistically impossible for all eight planets to align. It if it happened it would occur less often than once every few billion trillion years, but the sun will only exist for a total of 10 billion years.
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∙ 6y agoThe realistic answer is that it will never happen. It is statistically impossible for all eight planets to align.
Note: Even if it could happen, it would occur less often than once every few billion trillion years, but the sun will only exist for a total of 10 billion years.
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∙ 6y agoThe simple answer is never.
It is statistically impossible for all 8 planets plus Pluto to be in a single line (or even without Pluto). The odds of this occurring are less than once every hundred trillion years. Since the Sun only has a lifespan of 10 billion years, there won't be an opportunity for an alignment before the solar system is gone.
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∙ 6y agoThe planets will NEVER be in an exact line. If you mean "all planets are visible in the sky, close to one another, within a certain angle", then of course the likelihood of this happening (i.e., how often it happens) will depend on how large an angle you allow.
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∙ 16y ago* the answer is every 5,000 years. because the plantes go around the sun so every 5,000 the plantes aline.
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When is the next syzygy?
They occur every 10 -15 years, with the last planetary alignment (syzygy meaning three or more planets are aligned) having been in 2009.
What is it called when all the planets are aligned?
It isn't called anything because it can never occur. It never has occurred in the past, and never will occur in the future. Even if all the planets were at the same heliocentric longitude relative to the Sun, the tilts of their orbits vary enough from the plane of the ecliptic that they still wouldn't be in line.Another, more accurate, answerThink of a very simple alignment of two planets, Earth and Venus. This only occurs a little more than once a century. To add a third planet to this alignment would take many millennia. To have all eight planets aligned would require an infinite amount of time.Even so, the word for it is syzygy.
What other planets did differentiation occur?
Differentiation occurred in other inner planets, besides Earth.
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Can a binary star system have planets?
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What happens during planet alignment?
There is no great event that would occur with a planet alignment. Scientists actually believe a planetary alignment could never occur because of the different planes of the planets.
When is the next syzygy?
They occur every 10 -15 years, with the last planetary alignment (syzygy meaning three or more planets are aligned) having been in 2009.
What is it called when all the planets are aligned?
It isn't called anything because it can never occur. It never has occurred in the past, and never will occur in the future. Even if all the planets were at the same heliocentric longitude relative to the Sun, the tilts of their orbits vary enough from the plane of the ecliptic that they still wouldn't be in line.Another, more accurate, answerThink of a very simple alignment of two planets, Earth and Venus. This only occurs a little more than once a century. To add a third planet to this alignment would take many millennia. To have all eight planets aligned would require an infinite amount of time.Even so, the word for it is syzygy.
Why doesn't a lunar or solar eclipse occur every 15 days?
The orbit of the moon is not perfectly uniform about the earth (the same can be said about the planets orbiting the sun). The alignment of the earth moon and sun has to be perfect for an eclipse to occur, it rarely is though.
What is a fact about mars?
Comment: The answer below is another example of those fairly irrelevant answers that occur from time to time :- solar system- sunsfamily what are the sunsfamily we have: 1.moon 2.comets 3.star 4.asteroid 5.planets what are the major planets? 1.mercury 2.venus 3.earth 4.mars 5.jupiter 6.saturn 7.uranus 8.neptune we have no pluto because it is small ... what planet are cold and dark answer: pluto because pluto is far from the sun
Why graps are used in data structures?
Gaps occur because of the alignment.
Is Pluto a Planetoid?
No. It is a dwarf planet.Pluto and the Kuiper Belt objects may share structural similarities with asteroids, but the ones we can observe are much larger than Main Belt asteroids.Pluto's OrbitPluto is usually farther from the Sun than any of the eight planets; however, due to the eccentricity of its orbit, it is closer than Neptune for up to 20 years out of its 249 year orbit. Pluto crossed Neptune's orbit January 21, 1979, made its closest approach to the Sun on September 5, 1989, and remained within the orbit of Neptune until February 11, 1999. This close orbit will not occur again until September 2226.
How many years until Pluto gets eclipsed by Charon once again?
From the Wikipedia article, "Solar eclipses on Pluto": "The next period of time when solar eclipses can occur on Pluto will begin October 2103, peak in 2110, and end January 2117. During this period, solar eclipses will occur at some point on Pluto every orbit of Charon."
Does alignment of tetrads at metaphase plate occur in mitosis?
No, it occurs in Meiosis II, Metaphase
What would happen if Pluto was made of plutonium?
Plutonium doesn't occur in nature as far as we know, but if Pluto were made of solid Plutonium, nothing would happen. Pluto is not near anything that might be affected.
Do lunar eclipses occur on other planets?
Yes.
Why do earthquakes do not occur on other planets?
because they are not earth
