Planetary Parade On June 3? Here's What It Will Really Look Like
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Experts from NASA and Astronomers Without Borders said that June 3 is not the best time to see the planetary parade.
Hold your horses, astronomy enthusiasts! Before you get too excited about the upcoming planetary alignment on June 3, experts warn it may not be as spectacular as some might think. While six planets, including Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune, and Saturn, will indeed align along the ecliptic path in the early morning hours of June 3rd, not all will be visible to the naked eye from Earth, ABC News reported.
"People who plan to rise early and step outside on June 3 expecting to see the bloated disk of Jupiter or the rings of Saturn in a single glance will be, at the very least, quite disappointed," prominent broadcast meteorologist Joe Rao wrote in a recent debunking column for Space.
Well, experts from NASA and Astronomers Without Borders said that June 3 is not the best time to see the planetary parade. That's because Uranus, Mercury and Jupiter will be swallowed up by the sun's light and be too close to the horizon to be visible.
