2007-06-28 12:34:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Their orbits are not on the same plane, so no.
2007-06-28 12:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by Kyle M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they do, on occasion. I believe the last "almost" time was in the 1980's, although it wasn't a 100% alignment, I think 7 of the 9 were about aligned, with the other 2 off slightly. There was plenty of "end of the world" talk, the gravitational fields would synergize and destroy all life on Planet Earth, yada, yada, yada. Nothing happened. The next time is quite a ways off, some 400 years or more? I don't recall. a LONG time til the next event. Yes, I was there for the first near alignment. Nothing happened. Same with Halley's Comet, I was around the last time it "appeared" ( which was a dud ), so I doubt I'll be around for the next one, I'd be well over 100 years old by then. So much for cosmic events in MY lifetime. Sigh.
- The Gremlin Guy -
2007-06-28 13:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the planets in our solar system can at some point in time align. Its very very rare due to the fact that it takes an extremely long amount of time for outer planets to be in just the right position to align with the faster moving inner planets. Its possible that it will occur eventually but not anytime soon.
2007-06-28 13:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean will all of the planets align, or will just some? Because that happens often. It's called a "syzygy". Do you mean will all the planets align? Possibly, but not for a great while. This use to be even more unlikely, because Pluto is on a seperate plain from the rest of the planets. Anyways, it's possible, but we have not forseen it yet.
2007-06-28 12:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by thedeej3269@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, that is how we sent the Apollo space probes out to Pluto via the sling shot method and we got all those pictures of the Gas Giants in the outer solar system.
I am sure you could figure it out mathematically when they will all align again. I do want to say it is every 4,000 years or so, but and not really positive on that time line.
They are on the same plane except for pluto.
2007-06-28 13:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do but we wont be living long enough to see it B/C it only happens every thousands of years.
2007-06-28 15:27:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lil Samba 10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they could eventualy but it would only happen like once in a trillion years or so
2007-06-28 13:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_conjunction
2007-06-28 12:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do every so often (rarely) ~
2007-06-28 12:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋