#OverHypedPlanets
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You know, the #PlanetParade, the #PlanetaryAlignment... the #OverHypedPlanets if you will. We quickly established that this collection of planets had been visible in the evening for weeks and would be visible for weeks to come. What gives?

This is a normal thing in our sky, and that's great!
A view of the portion of the solar system visible in the evening from the surface of the Earth in mid-January, seen from above the plane of the solar system. Against a black background with a few stars, the orbits of the planets are drawn around the Sun. Mercury and Earth are unabeled, but the positions of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are circled and labeled. All of the other planets except for Mercury are on the same side of the Earth right now, so they all appear in the sky together. In this graphic, there's also a red line drawn through the Sun. This marks its rotation axis, and a curved arrow helps illustrate that the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction it rotates.
January 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM