Moon and five planets of the solar system will be visible for a week – the Moscow Government Information Center

January 31, 2016 the world’s population will have an interesting celestial spectacle – closer to sunrise (7:30 MSK) on the horizon you can see five planets in the solar system and the moon to join them. As specified astronomers Moscow Planetarium, the scientific term “parade of planets” does not exist, but among fans of astronomy, he actively used to describe the astronomical phenomenon when several planets are collected in one small region of the sky.

The head of the Moscow Planetarium astronomical complex Jaroslav Turilov: “From January 31 to February 7, before dawn in the southern sky can be observed: high in the sky – Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon, and low in the sky – Venus and Mercury. You can observe the phenomenon with the naked eye, the telescope will not be necessary. Moon in this period will be decreasing, so her bright light will not interfere with observations. In the city of all the planets, we are unlikely to see as Venus and Mercury will be low on the horizon, and can not be seen behind the houses. Observation is best done in an open area, away from city lights. Sunrise in early February accounted for approximately 8:20 MSK, that is, at 7:30 MSK sky dark enough. ”
 

Do I need to be afraid of the “parade of planets”? Can it cause natural disasters on our planet? Does the position of the planets of the solar system to Earth? These questions are answered Vladimir Surdin, astronomer, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor of the Physics Department of Moscow State University, a senior researcher at the State Astronomical Institute. Sternberg: “Let us turn to history. In 1974, the United States

published a book “The Jupiter Effect,” the authors JR Gribbin and SH Pleyzhmana, which says that in 1982, all the world will be on one side of the Sun, causing catastrophic for the perturbations of the Earth to the sun. March 10, 1982 there was a really moment of closest approach of the planets. Of course, the apocalypse did not happen. Not on Earth without the Sun event had no effect. The next “doomsday” predicted August 11, 1999, when the “parade of planets” was to coincide with the solar eclipse. Then in May 2000, in December 2012, in 2015. But, as we have seen, to this day can not be traced to any regularity. I think that in the future it will not be found. These negative forecasts exploit human instinct for survival, which is based on fear. ”
 

The big “hits” with the participation of all the 8 planets of the solar system will take only 19 May 2161.