2006-10-31 00:20:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
1 in 420,555,685,633,047,000,000,000,000
(looks like Yahoo! Answers won't display the full number so I'll notate it)
1 in 4.20555685633047 x10^26
or
1 in 420 septillion
Surveyor is correct that all 8 planets will never all be in the same horizontal plane. However all 8 can certainly be in the same vertical plane.
2006-10-31 01:58:14 · answer #1 · answered by Telesto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since the planets are not in the same orbital plane, this "event" will never happen. There have been several "planetary alignments" recently, but they didn't involve all of the planets.
2006-10-31 01:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How aligned would they have to be to meet your straight line criteria? If you mean exactly - then never in the life of the universe.
2006-10-31 00:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by amania_r 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Last time they were even in the same quadrant was in the early 80s, so take it from there
2006-10-31 00:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not much....it could be modeled by computer and I don;t believe anyone has ever found a date in a reasonable timeframe.
2006-10-31 00:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost nil.
2006-10-31 05:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋