bandwidthcrisis t1_je3444t wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:36 AM

Reply to comment by SodHawk in Heads up: Five planets set to line up in night sky this week by davster39

They're all too far away to have any significant effect on the Earth.

Only the Moon (because it's close) and the Sun (very big) do: they cause tides.

bandwidthcrisis t1_je34aru wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:37 AM

And this event is just that they all appear in the sky, but didn't mean that they're closer than at other times.

SodHawk t1_je3zvim wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:41 AM

I just thought them in a line would have more affect than if they were scattered. Not a lot of affect but enough to disturb something. Obviously not though