Planet Align Image Space Science Gallery


 

2000 SPACE SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES

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SOHO SCOOPS A PICTURE OF PLANETS ON PARADE G00-047 05/05/00 00:01:17SOHO captures images of planets aligning with the sun.

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ITEM (1): Planets On Parade - Exclusive images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft show three planets coming together on the side of the sun opposite from Earth. This sequence covers the period from April 21 through May 5th. At the end of the sequence, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn were all in the field of view of the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument on SOHO. This action packed sequence also includes a large coronal mass ejection on the lower right portion of the Sun and a Sun-grazing comet. On May 17, the planets will be even more tightly grouped, with Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all coming into close alignment.
Courtesy:  NASA/ESA
 
ITEM (2): SOHO Animation - Animation of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft
Courtesy:  NASA/ESA
 
 

[Planets on Parade Movie]

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