[Elfsea] Jupiter, Mercury and Mars together again

neil starkey raimonddemora at hotmail.com
Sat Dec 9 10:26:40 PST 2006


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three from view. 
They will be almost as close together on Saturday and Monday, but Sunday they will be within one degree of each other in the sky. Three planets haven't been that close since 1925, said Miami Space Transit Planetarium director Jack Horkheimer.
And it won't happen again until 2053, he said.
 
There is more info on the yahoo news where I found this or you can look at mars.superlink.net/jrespler/skyviews.html  to see what they say.
Happy Star Gazing.
Raimond

A Jester's chief employment, is to kill himself for your enjoyment,
and a Jester unemployed.....is nobodies Fool.  (Danny Kaye "The Court Jester")
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