"Total Planetary Alignment" (AKA Syzygy)

[Master of Blades]

Has this EVER happened? All the planets lining up in a straight neat obedient little line, and presumably ending the world? If it has happened, when? If it havn't will it ever (mathematic probability-wise), if so, when? Can it be forseen? Probably not...

 

[Quick_Nick]

It will have to *roughly* happen eventually.(you'd call it alignment but they could be many kilometers off perfect) I'm not sure when, but it shouldn't be that hard to calculate.

 

[Master of Blades]

Bring forth the big-brains! *dramatic gesture not involving fingerpointing*

 

[Urwumpe]

Has this EVER happened? All the planets lining up in a straight neat obedient little line, and presumably ending the world? If it has happened, when? If it havn't will it ever (mathematic probability-wise), if so, when? Can it be forseen? Probably not...

It can happen, but has no effect at all. You would not even feel a difference in gravity - why should you?

 

[James.Denholm]

The idea is that the world ends, Urwumpe. That's the point. We are just wondering if it's ever going to happen, or if we are going to have to call in the Probe to move em for us.

 

[Urwumpe]

The idea is that the world ends, Urwumpe. That's the point. We are just wondering if it's ever going to happen, or if we are going to have to call in the Probe to move em for us.

The world has ended so often in the last few million years, it stopped counting it.

But if you have nothing better to worry about... :beach:

 

[Master of Blades]

It can happen, but has no effect at all. You would not even feel a difference in gravity - why should you?

Was just curious really... figured it might look pirdy (say if you simulated it in Orbiter or Celestia or anything similar). Purhaps give a good intro fer a movie, camera zooming, going past all the planets in a straight line...

 

[Urwumpe]

Was just curious really... figured it might look pirdy (say if you simulated it in Orbiter or Celestia or anything similar). Purhaps give a good intro fer a movie, camera zooming, going past all the planets in a straight line...

well, straight line will be hard as the planets move in slightly different planes. But three planets in one line happens quite often.

 

[James.Denholm]

The world has ended so often in the last few million years, it stopped counting it.

But if you have nothing better to worry about... :beach:

Oh, that's right, they kept on re-building it, didn't they.

Hang on, that was a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke, right?

 

[Matt Decker]

Yea it did happen back in the 80's. And we are still here.