See All Naked Eye Planets This Month... in Order - Here's Astroguyz on catching the June astronomy dawn patrol:
. The orderly row of planets is like something out of an elementary astronomy text book… minus our slot for the Earth between Venus and Mars. The sequence isn’t broken until early July, when Mercury departs the scene., now is a good time to cross the timid planet off of your astronomical ‘life-list’. Mercury reaches greatest elongation 23 degrees west of the Sun on June 16th.
. This is mainly a function of the two slowest worlds, of Jupiter overtaking Saturn which occurs about once every 20 years on their respective orbits. We had just such an event on December 21 pass of the two gas giant worlds. This helped set us up for this summer’s dawn lay out. Connect the dots of the planets, and you can nearly trace out the ecliptic plane, the flat sheet of Earth’s path around the Sun.
to be military spy drones. Remember…. astronomy and knowledge of the sky and planets can indeed save lives.
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