Scheduled air date: 1999 Mar 01-07
The two largest planets in our Solar System—Jupiter and Saturn—and the two
planets closest to our Sun—Mercury and Venus—can be seen in a cosmic dance over
the next two weeks.
(Shown about 30 minutes after Sunset at two-day intervals; numbers indicate day of the
month.)
Perhaps the best view will be on the evening of March 8th, when Jupiter and Mercury will appear
side-by-side...
...yet actually be almost 500 million miles apart!
If you wish to view illustrations for other episodes, please see our Star Gazer Illustrated directory.
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Illustrations on this page were created using
TheSky Astronomy
Software, an advanced desktop planetarium program designed for Windows. Copyright © 1999-2006 by Software Bisque, Inc. |