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Can we see planets on the other side of the Sun?
No. Just no. This is a delightful staple in science fiction. There’s a mysterious world that orbits the Sun exactly the same distance as Earth, but it’s directly across the Solar System from us; always hidden by the Sun.
Is the Sun pulling the planets?
The sun’s gravity pulls the planet toward the sun, which changes the straight line of direction into a curve. This keeps the planet moving in an orbit around the sun. Because of the sun’s gravitational pull, all the planets in our solar system orbit around it.
What happens when all planets come in one line?
Even if the planets did all align in a perfectly straight line, it would have negligible effects on the earth. The moon’s gravitational effect on the earth is strong because the moon is so close. The sun’s gravity causes earth’s yearly orbit and therefore, combined with earth’s tilt, it causes the seasons.
What is it called when a planet goes all the way around the Sun?
A heliocentric orbit (also called circumsolar orbit) is an orbit around the barycenter of the Solar System, which is usually located within or very near the surface of the Sun. The helio- prefix is derived from the Greek word “ἥλιος”, meaning “Sun”, and also Helios, the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology.
Do we see both sides of the Sun?
At any one time we can only see the half of the Sun that is facing us. However there is no ‘far side of the Sun’. However the Sun is a dynamic, constantly changing ball of fusion and by the time we see the other side, the entire surface has evolved and changed.
Is there a dark side of the Sun?
(Editor’s note: The Sun has no dark side. Because of the way the Sun spins (counterclockwise in the diagram above), STEREO-B gets a sneak preview of sunspots and coronal holes before they turn to face Earth—a boon for forecasters.
When all planets come in a straight line in 2021?
Because of the orientation and tilt of their orbits, the eight major planets of the Solar System can never come into perfect alignment. The last time they appeared even in the same part of the sky was over 1,000 years ago, in the year AD 949, and they won’t manage it again until 6 May 2492.