----- Original Message ----- From: "Koenig's International News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: NASA: May 17 - Christmas Star > > Note from Bill: > > This remarkable material is from NASA. They are saying on May 17, > Venus and Jupiter will pass less than 42 arcseconds apart. > > The NASA article below stated this close conjunction has already > been compared to the 2 B.C. conjunction of the same planets that is > often identified as the "Christmas Star" reported in the book of > Matthew. > > For full affect please click on the article link to go to the NASA > web site. The site also has links that go into greater detail on > the Biblical significance. Yes, the Lord is even using NASA. > > Our skies continue to show us that we are living in very > significant times. > > Thanks to Wayne Coleman for sending this our way. > > ------- > > A Christmas Star for SOHO (NASA) > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast16may_1.htm > > The planets Venus and Jupiter will pass less than 42 arcseconds > apart on May 17. Because the pair is so close to the Sun, only the > Solar and Heliospheric Observatory will have a good view of > the close encounter. > > May 16, 2000 --If someone could turn off the Sun for a while on > Wednesday, star gazers would be treated to a remarkable sight. The > two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will pass less than 0.01 > degrees apart at 1030 UT on May 17. Unfortunately, the close > encounter will take place just 7 degrees from the bright Sun, > making it impossible to see with the naked eye. > > Nevertheless, you can still monitor the encounter thanks to the > ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). SOHO has an > advantage over most stargazers. Coronagraphs on the satellite can > block out the Sun's bright light in order to see nearby stars and > planets as well as the Sun's faint corona. The conjunction will be > easy to see in images from SOHO's wide field coronagraph that are > posted on the SOHO realtime images web page. > > Above: On May 15, 2000, SOHO's wide field coronagraph recorded this > image of the Sun surrounded by Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. > A well-known asterism The Pleiades is also visible in the upper > left of the image. The blue disk blocks out the Sun's bright light; > the white circle near the center shows the true size of the Sun. At > 1030 UT on May 17, Venus and Jupiter will be less than 0.01 degrees > apart. > > "If Jupiter and Venus were farther from the Sun on May 17, the > conjunction would be a real eye-catcher," says astronomer Dr. > George Lebo, a 2000 Summer Faculty Fellow at the Marshall Space > Flight Center. "The human eye can distinguish objects separated by > angles greater than 50 arcseconds, but Venus and Jupiter will only > be 42 arcseconds apart. At closest approach the pair would appear > to merge into a single brilliant star." > > This close conjunction has already been compared to the 2 B.C. > conjunction of the same planets that is often identified as the > "Christmas Star" reported in the book of Matthew. > > In "The Star of Bethlehem: An Astronomical and Historical > Perspective," Susan S. Carroll writes: On June 17, 2 BC, Venus and > Jupiter joined... in the constellation Leo. The two planets were at > best 6" (arcseconds) apart; some calculations indicate that they > actually overlapped each other. This conjunction occurred during > the evening and would have appeared as one very bright star. Even > if they were 6" apart, it would have required the sharpest of eyes > to split the two, because of their brightness. > > Venus-Jupiter conjunctions like the one on May 17, 2000, are not > terribly rare, notes John Mosley of the Griffith Observatory in an > essay on Planetary Alignments in 2000. According to Mosley, the > last time Venus and Jupiter were closer than on May 17, 2000 > (separated by less than 42 arcseconds) was at 3:47 on July 21, > 1859, when their centers were 32 arcseconds apart (there was no > partial occultation). The next time will be at 12:45 on November > 22, 2065, when their centers will be 16 arcseconds apart and the > northern edge of Venus passes in front of Jupiter. > > Although Venus and Jupiter will appear to be very close together on > May 17, there's no danger of a collision. The two are really very > far apart. Venus will be 257 million km from Earth, while Jupiter > will be 896 million km away. The two are separated from each other > by a comfortable 639 million km. > > As Venus passes by Jupiter on May 17 the five classical planets > (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) will span just 19° 25'. > The cluster is too near the sun for naked-eye observations, but > it's perfect for SOHO coronagraphs, which will be able to see all > of the planets except Mars. > > > > > Koenig's International News - Bill Koenig - http://watch.org/ > Post Office Box 671127, Dallas, TX 75367 > ________________________________________________________________________ > FishNet: Internet service for business and ministry http://www.fni.com/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe by Web: http://watch.org/watch-news.html > > To subscribe to the list send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with no subject and a single body line: subscribe > To unsubscribe from the list send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with no subject and a single body line: unsubscribe > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
