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Some believers in a 2012 doomsday used the term "galactic alignment" to describe a different phenomenon proposed by some scientists to explain a pattern in mass extinctions supposedly observed in the fossil record. [114] According to the Shiva Hypothesis, mass extinctions are not random, but recur every 26 million years.
The "galactic alignment" is a 13-tun, pre-2012 event. MARDYKS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.64.120.172 ( talk ) 21:25, 4 November 2009 (UTC) I would argue against your math, since the 1998 date is the point when the centre of the Sun precisely aligns with the centre of the galaxy.
Lasting 7 min 29 s, it is very close to the theoretical maximum, [58] and is predicted to be the longest eclipse between 4000 BC and AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.DEPP). [59] 2187 Triple conjunction Mars–Saturn [56] 2197 September 2 Venus occults Spica. Last occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10, 1783. [60]
A total of 77 orbital launches were attempted in 2012, with 72 being reported as successful, and a total of 139 payloads launched. [1] The three most prolific spacefaring nations were Russia, with 29 launches and 27 successes; China, with 19 launches, all of which succeeded; and the United States, with 13 launches, of which 12 succeeded and one was a partial failure. [1]
According to the Starwalk, the next planetary alignment will be visible on Feb. 28. There, stargazers will be able to view Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars in the evening.
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It was first used by NASA on a sub-orbital sounding rocket experiment in 2012. The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy, a Chinese technology demonstrator satellite, was launched in 2022. The Chinese Einstein Probe, launched in 2024, is the first major space telescope to use lobster-eye optics. Several other such space telescopes are currently ...
In 2009, and HST study in the field of Abell 370 revealed in greater detail the 30" long arc with the appearance of a dragon, and hence rebranded as The Dragon [10] by NASA scientists. [11] Its head is composed of a spiral galaxy, [ 12 ] with another image of the spiral composing the tail.