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Planet Lineup
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A planet lineup in the sky,
so seldom does it happen by
arranged in satellitic queue
within the heavens’ vast review
to please an astro-gazer’s eye.
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In pathway orbits on the fly
some seven of them seem to lie
along ecliptic plane debut
a planet lineup.
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In very year we occupy,
two thousand twenty five, on high
occurred that scene in yonder blue
of rare parading rendezvous,
as in the welkin one could spy
a planet lineup.
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~ Harley White
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The poem is in the form of a rondeau.
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Seven planets in the solar system — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will line up in the night sky Friday (Feb. 28) in an incredibly rare “planetary parade”.
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‘Planet parade’ 2025: See the ultra-rare planetary alignment peak this week, before Saturn gets swallowed by the sunset… (Live Science)
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https://www.livescience.com/space/planet-parade-2025-see-the-ultra-rare-planetary-alignment-peak-this-week-before-saturn-gets-swallowed-by-the-sunset
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An artist’s illustration of the solar system’s planets in alignment. (Image credit: NASA via Getty Images)
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