There are 11 planets in our Solar System ( at the moment at least!).
They are; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Dwarf planet Ceres, Dwarf planet Pluto and Dwarf planet Eris.
This is definately the right answer, posters saying 9 and 8 are wrong.
A syzygy
Astronomers are lucky in their lifetimes to see a syzygy occuring in the outer level of planets, after the asteroid belt
They occur every 10 -15 years, with the last planetary alignment (syzygy meaning three or more planets are aligned) having been in 2009.
Syzygy is an allignment of astronomical objects. For example, at full moon or new moon. There may also be an alignment of planets. Such alignments are interesting to watch, but you shouldn't expect any extraordinary effects from them.
It is an allusion to an astrological belief that the position of the planets affects changes on this one. Specifically good and bad events are directly related to the positions of certain planets and stars within the zodiac and constellations.
Syzygy - The X-Files - was created on 1996-01-26.
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Position of sun and planets? What is happends sun in 2012? Will sun burst occur in 2012? Planets position from the sun? Planet x hinting the sun in 2012? Are tha planets lining up in 2012? Will the sun be aggressive in 2012? Is the sun suppose to change in 2012? What is the position of the planets today? Will the sun be in the middle of the galaxy in 2012? What will be the position of the planets on 12-21-12? How do you know that the planets won't align in 2012? What are the names of the planets in order of position from Sun?
It isn't called anything because it can never occur. It never has occurred in the past, and never will occur in the future. Even if all the planets were at the same heliocentric longitude relative to the Sun, the tilts of their orbits vary enough from the plane of the ecliptic that they still wouldn't be in line.Another, more accurate, answerThink of a very simple alignment of two planets, Earth and Venus. This only occurs a little more than once a century. To add a third planet to this alignment would take many millennia. To have all eight planets aligned would require an infinite amount of time.Even so, the word for it is syzygy.
The likely common word is syzygy (a combined or sequential form).In astronomy, syzygy is the direct alignment of three astronomical objects.
The cast of Syzygy - 2007 includes: Chiara Adorno as Voyeur Tracey Bergrud as Woman in dress
Rhythm Crwths, the plural of a Welsh musical instrument Syzygy Trysts