At the end of February, a rare event will be observed in the night sky: six planets will line up in a row at once. Four planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter – will be visible to the naked eye, but binoculars or a telescope will be needed to see Uranus and Neptune, The Guardian reports.
The phenomenon, called a “planetary procession” or “planetary alignment”, occurs when at least four or five planets can be seen at the same time. On February 28, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune will also line up in the sky, and this amazing event will be visible to people all over the world.
All of these planets orbit the Sun in the same plane, or ecliptic. Although each planet moves at different speeds and distances, from Earth they appear to be in a row. But this may seem so to the naked eye, but in reality the planets are millions or billions of kilometers apart.
