All of the planets orbit the sun at different rates, closer planets orbit quickly, while further planets orbit more slowly. They are all more or less on the same plane, so their paths in the sky will be similar to each other as the earth rotates. They sometimes appear to line up in the sky every now and then as they orbit at their different rates.
The chances of the planets ever lining up are so statistically improbable that it is safe to say it will never happen. The actual chances of the planets ever lining up has been calculated to be about once every 8.6 x 1046 years. (That's once every 86 billion, trillion, trillion, trillion years.) Since the Sun will be gone in about 10 billion years, it is impossible for this to happen.
All of the planets in our solar system rarely align perfectly due to their different orbital paths and speeds. When a multi-planet alignment does occur, it is not generally a true line-up in space but rather an alignment as seen from Earth. Such alignments can happen every few decades, but a perfect alignment where all planets are in a straight line is extremely rare and has not occurred for hundreds of years.
The sun and all the celestial bodies that orbit it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, make up our solar system.
When planets are in alignment it is only from our point of view, in reality they are millions of kilometers apart. It is like when you block the sun with your hand, it may seem like they are close but that is truly not the case.
No. The planets all orbit the sun at different rates. In rare instance they roughly line up, but not on any particular side of the sun.
Never.
They don't. This is statistically impossible. All eight planets will never line up during the lifetime of the sun, which is about 10 billion years.
no stupid. now why would we die when the planets line up?
I think that the planets will not line up in 2008 because they are all out of orbit. i believe that there will not be solar eclipse in 2008
No, the sun cannot swallow all eight planets. The sun is much larger than the planets in our solar system, but it will not engulf them. However, the sun will eventually expand into a red giant and could engulf the innermost planets.
All of the planets orbit the sun at different rates, closer planets orbit quickly, while further planets orbit more slowly. They are all more or less on the same plane, so their paths in the sky will be similar to each other as the earth rotates. They sometimes appear to line up in the sky every now and then as they orbit at their different rates.
The sun and all of the bodies that circle around it including planets and moons make up the solar system.
When the Sun, Earth, and Mars are in a straight line, it is known as a "conjunction." This alignment occurs periodically due to the orbits of the planets around the Sun.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
This will never happen.
Sometimes two planet line up, it only looks nice and doesn't have any effect whatsoever.