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Dance of the planets

By NSTA Web Director

Posted on 2011-05-11

All you earlybirds out there are in for a treat this month if you look eastward just before dawn (and the weather is clear).  Four planets will be engaged in a slow-motion dance, aligning themselves differently day by day in a tight segment of the sky.
NASA has created a nice video describing the phenomenon:
[youtube]__RLPmenKeo[/youtube]

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