The parade of planets

The parade of planets – There is an increased interest in the phenomenon called the “Parade of Planets” in the media, which is a periodic phenomenon. It consists in the fact that some of the nine large planets of the Solar system are on a straight line with the Earth and the Sun. At the same time, it is claimed that this can affect the state of affairs on the planet.
Therefore, it should be remembered that several planets can be in the same plane with the Earth and the Sun for quite a long time, for example, for many millions of years. At the moments of the so-called parades of planets, they find themselves next to this straight line, but their “spread” can reach 20-30 degrees.
If we consider the impact of these events on our planet, it is worth noting that the largest planet in the Solar system is Jupiter. With his participation, the greatest gravitational impact on the Earth occurs, especially during the period of their confrontation.
In order to assess, it is possible to compare the gravitational influence of Jupiter on the Earth with the influence of the Moon, which daily, at the same time as the Sun, raises a tidal wave up to fifteen meters high in the oceans of the Earth. Despite the fact that Jupiter has a mass of 26,200 times that of the Moon, it is still in opposition to the Earth at a distance of 1640.6 times greater than the Moon. According to the principle of universal gravitation, the potential of the gravitational field is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, and the influence of Jupiter on the Earth is 103 times less than the influence of the Moon. Moreover, the gravitational impact of other planets is even tens or even hundreds of times less compared to what is an insignificant part.
Therefore, the anxiety sometimes experienced by people who have no experience in the field of astronomy about catastrophes on Earth occurring in connection with the “parade of planets” has absolutely no real basis.