On the night of late January 2023, the four planets Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky. Will the alignment of planets lead to more disasters on Earth in 2023?

On the night of late January 2023, four planets Mars , Jupiter , Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky. As the moon moves from west to east, it will form a rare phenomenon of " five stars in a row " with four planets. And late January happens to be the Spring Festival in our country. During the Spring Festival, we caught up with the Five Stars. What does its appearance indicate for 2023? Will the alignment of planets lead to more disasters on Earth in 2023?

What does the appearance of the Five-Star Lianzhu portend?

The appearance of the Five-Star Lianzhu was considered to be a good omen in ancient my country. A brocade arm guard from the Han Dynasty Shu was unearthed in our country. There were eight Han Li words on this brocade arm guard: Five Stars Out of the East, Li China . The words "Five Stars from the East and Benefit China" come from "Historical Records·Tianguan Shu" written by Western Han historian Sima Qian . It is recorded in the book: Among the five stars in the sky, if they are accumulated in the east, China will benefit; if they are accumulated in the west, those from foreign countries will benefit. The five stars are all gathered together from Chenxing, and the country where they live can bring the law to the world. At the same time as the "Five Star" brocade products, a fragment of the "Discussing the Southern Qiang" tapestry was also unearthed. Later, based on the study of specific historical facts and analysis of patterns, it was shown that the text can be continued as "The Five Stars came out of the east to benefit China and conquered the Southern Qiang...". A historical event that may be related to this article is a war of the Western Han Dynasty against the Western Qiang recorded in the "Hanshu·Zhao Chongguo Biography".

Screenshot of the Jupiter Effect book

However, in "The Jupiter Effect" published in 1974, it was predicted that the upcoming great alignment of all planets in 1982, the first time in 179 years, is likely to trigger an earthquake in California, which is far more serious than the San Francisco disaster in 1906. This book gives people a sense of credibility because both authors have degrees as astrophysicists from the University of Cambridge, and Gribbin is also the editor of the famous scientific magazine Nature. The book claims that the combined gravity of planets (especially denser planets such as Jupiter and Saturn) will exert tidal forces on the sun, causing sunspot activity to increase, thus filling the earth with high-speed particles. These particles, in turn, will cause sudden changes in the rotation of our planet and lead to earthquakes.

So what are the facts? Will the planetary alignment really lead to more disasters on the earth in 2023?

The gravity of the planets will indeed have an impact on the earth, such as tides. Tide is a phenomenon that occurs in coastal areas. It refers to the periodic movement of sea water caused by the tidal force of celestial bodies. Tides are actually all about gravity, and when we talk about daily tides, they are generally caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. As the Earth spins, the Moon's gravity pulls on different parts of our planet. Although the moon is only 1/100 of the mass of the Earth, it is the closest celestial body to us (the sun is the largest body, and the tides caused by the moon are about twice that of the sun), and they have enough gravity to move water.

When the moon's gravity pulls on the water in the oceans, people are sure to notice. Because water moves around more easily and the water wants to expand in the direction of the moon, this is called the tidal force . The moon is attractive to the earth's sea water. Each point on the earth's surface is at different distances from the moon. The place facing the moon has a strong gravitational force, and the sea water expands outward. However, the gravitational force of seawater in places facing away from the moon is small, and the centrifugal force and become larger. Under the action of centrifugal force, seawater expands to places facing away from the moon, and high tides will also occur.

When the Earth, Sun, and Moon line up, their gravitational pull combines to create unusually high tides, called spring tides, as well as very low tides because water is displaced away. When the sun is at right angles to the moon, mild tides are produced, called neap tides . From our view of the Earth, these tides coincide with certain lunar phases because they occur when the moon reaches specific locations in its orbit. But the Earth's tidal bulges don't exactly line up with the Moon's position.Because the Moon travels in the same direction as the Earth's rotation, any point on Earth takes extra time to rotate and reach directly beneath the Moon. This means that the bulge of high tide is never directly aligned with the moon, but rather slightly ahead of it.

The sun also affects the earth through its gravity, keeping the earth in its orbit. Obviously, the Sun is not in direct physical contact with the Earth (if it were, the Earth would be gone). However, it does send us streams of charged particles, either as part of the solar wind or as energetic particles produced during solar flares . The solar wind affects the shape of the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts (referring to the high-energy particle radiation belts surrounding the Earth in the near-space space near the Earth) and the Earth's magnetic field . Charged particles affect Earth by causing the northern lights and disrupting the structure of the ionosphere, which can interfere with low-frequency radio communications. As for the other planets, their only influence is on the Earth through their gravity. But because it is relatively far away, even a large celestial body like Jupiter has minimal influence on the earth due to its gravity. Even Venus, which is very close to us, has a very small impact compared to the Moon.

In short, no matter whether all the planets in the solar system are aligned or in some other shape, their gravitational influence on the earth is far less than that of the sun and moon (the occurrence of planetary alignment events will also have minimal impact on the earth). So now everyone knows that the alignment of planets is just a normal astronomical phenomenon. Its appearance does not herald anything for 2023, let alone bring more disasters to the earth. It is completely unreliable to think that planets have various "influences" on the earth. That’s it for today. I’m Fire Sect Lord. See you next time.