Planet Parade 2025: when you can see 6, 7 planets at same time – Ukrinform
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 19:43According to Ukrinform, this is reported by LiveScience.On January 21, the inhabitants of the Earth will be able to see six planets in the sky at the same time – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn.It is noted that on February 28, the seven planets of the solar system – Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars – will line up in a single line. Astronomers call this phenomenon a great planetary conjunction.Only Uranus and Neptune will be visible through binoculars, the rest will not.In fact, it is not uncommon for several planets to be on the same side of the Sun at the same time. However, the more planets there are – starting from three – the rarer the phenomenon is considered. The rarest of all is the appearance of seven planets at the same time.It seems that these planets are on the same line. This is because all the planets of the Solar System orbit the Sun in an ecliptic pattern.Some of the planets have orbits slightly above or below the ecliptic, but they are all more or less at the same level.Sometimes the planets are on the same side of the Sun as they move through their orbits. That’s why people on Earth can see them in the sky at the same time.As reported by Ukrinform, on the night of Saturday, December 14, Ukrainians were able to observe the peak of the Geminid meteor shower in the sky.Photo: ScienceAlertTopicsAgencyWhile citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as “Advertisement” or with a disclaimer reading “The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine “On Advertising” No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine “On the Media” No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.Online media entity; Media identifier – R40-01421.© 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.
