Planet parade: Rare Phenomenon
Four planets in our solar system namely Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars have formed a breathtaking arc across the night sky and created a rare phenomenon known as ‘planet parade’.
- Planet Parade refers to a situation when several planets in our solar system are visible in the night sky, at the same time.
- This planetary meet-up, also known as a conjunction, makes the two planets appear close together or even touch in the Earth’s night sky.
- This phenomenon is more an illusion of perspective rather than the planets being in a perfect line in space.
- Planets have different motions in the sky. They move at different rates compared to the other stars.
- Not all of them are visible in the sky everyday, but sometimes a position comes about so that many or all the planets are visible at the same time, or within a few hours of each other.
- According to NASA, such events, especially those involving four or more planets, are noteworthy and do not occur annually.
