The planets were also lined up in 1982--I remember discussing with my sixth
grade classmates how something apocalyptic was supposed to happen at the
exact minute when the planets were aligned. I am not an astronomer either,
but it seems hard to believe that they would be lined up again so soon.
Maybe that is just a millenium-end-apocalypse rumor. I would think there
would be some of those . . .
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey D. Sperl <gamgee@geocities.com>
To: FEMINISTSF@listserv.uic.edu <FEMINISTSF@listserv.uic.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Star Watching (off-topic, but cool)
>Vonda N. McIntyre wrote:
>
>> This would be quite a trick since Neptune and
>> Pluto can't be seen with the naked eye under any
>> conditions, and Uranus only faintly under
>> extraordinary circumstances.
>
>Well, you know Vonda, some of the more apocalyptic types seem to think
>we're in for a big huge cosmic cataclysm either next year or 1999
>because all of the planets are going to be lined up (don't ask me if
>it's true...my astronomy knowledge ends with a "C" in freshman college
>astrophysics...though I did see Hale-Bopp). So, perhaps the planets
>will reveal themselves to us, and the Earth will be destroyed in a rain
>of fire and brimstone...or, perhaps, Ming the Merciless is going to
>attempt to crash Mongo into Earth...
>
>- Geoffrey
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