Dec 2 1997
From The Space Library
In a once-in-a-century occurrence, eight planets lined up in the sky "like pearls on a string" from west to east. Astronomers could view, in one line of sight, Pluto, followed by Mercury, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, and Saturn with a crescent Moon visible as well. Jack Horkheimer, host of public television's Star Hustler described the event as "naked-eye astronomy at its best," a boon for amateurs. According to computer calculations, the orbits of the planets would not line up in such a pleasing manner for observers on the Earth for at least another century.
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