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Re: Conjunction of planets
From: Ed Kitchin
Date: 2000 May 08, 16:25 EDT
From: Ed Kitchin
Date: 2000 May 08, 16:25 EDT
Well, I still had to go to work today, but - oh! - I guess that IS another world after all. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Hogan" <dhhogan@XXX.XXX> To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Conjunction of planets > Yeah, I've been keeping an eye on it. Does any one know if the world ended > as predicted? > > On 5 May 2000, at 15:29, Smith, Peter wrote: > > [Snip Orig Post] > > There is indeed a nice tight formation right now. From Earth, the Sun, > > Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are all within a few > > degrees azimuth of each other. Here's the configuration as of 5-May-2000 at > > 00:00 GMT: > > > > Object Declin Azimuth > > Sun 16d 17' 295d 55' > > Moon 14d 58' 286d 39' > > Mercury 14d 07' 297d 39' > > Venus 11d 59' 299d 43' > > Mars 20d 44' 288d 36' > > Jupiter 16d 07' 294d 03' > > Saturn 15d 44' 291d 49' > > > > > Dan Hogan > dhhogan@XXX.XXX >