# Per "Space Reporter" Saturn will be directly between Earth and the Sun this weekend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769 "2014-05-06T01:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/21 "2014-05-06T16:02:18Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > You take that back! _MY MOTHER WAS A SAINT!!!_ A Saint Bernard! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/22 "2014-05-06T19:06:19Z")
Well I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m going to settle this scientifical-like. I’m going to stare at the sun all day “Saturnday” [sub]TM[/sub] (and well into the night, just to be sure). I’ll report on what I see. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/23 "2014-05-06T21:05:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [This page has it](http://www.chrispennello.com/tweller/) (and _Cvltvre Made Stvpid_) for download by permission of the author. Good to see that the books are available again, in some form. The lines I quote (with accompanying drawings) are on page 18 of Science Made Stupid. Worth seeing for the “parts of the eclipse” they label. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/24 "2014-05-06T21:11:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > “Saturn, eh?” is an anagram of Sun, Earth. Ah, so this conjunction or occultation or whatever it is is only visible in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/25 "2014-05-06T21:15:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Reminds me of the deliberately and hilariously wrong definitions in Tom Weller’s underappreciated (and out-of-print) _Science Made Stupid_: \ That book is brilliant! I cherish my 25-year-old copy and can’t wait until my kids learn enough science to get the jokes. Nice to know it’s available online though.\ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/26 "2014-05-06T21:23:54Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > A Saint Bernard! Oh no he di’nt! > [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Ah, so this conjunction or occultation or whatever it is is only visible in Canada? And after drinking a two-four of beer and eating five kilograms of poutine. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/27 "2014-05-06T22:10:09Z")
Here’s a screencap of the page [before alteration](http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a640/QtheM/saturnbetweenearthandsun_zps00e5b439.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/28 "2014-05-07T03:56:06Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > A Saint Bernard! St. Bernard is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/29 "2014-05-07T04:35:03Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > A Saint Bernard! Curse you, **FordPrefect**! Curse you to Belgium!!! ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/30 "2014-05-07T15:22:59Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Here’s a screencap of the page [before alteration](http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a640/QtheM/saturnbetweenearthandsun_zps00e5b439.jpg) They do not even own up there having been a correction on the current page. A little too embarrassed I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/31 "2014-05-07T15:35:38Z")
Wouldn’t it be cool if Saturn _was_ between the Earth and the Sun? You could have some kind of monster eclipse with the Sun back-lighting the rings. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/32 "2014-05-07T15:44:24Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Wouldn’t it be cool if Saturn _was_ between the Earth and the Sun? You could have some kind of monster eclipse with the Sun back-lighting the rings. Just before the tidal forces rip apart our way of life. I’ll bring the popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/33 "2014-05-07T16:53:20Z")
> [@flight](#): > > They do not even own up there having been a correction on the current page. A little too embarrassed I guess. But they didn’t change the URL of the current page, which contains the text “saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend”: [http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/](http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/34 "2014-05-07T18:05:49Z")
Back in 1988 the Boston _Globe_, on its Astronomy of the Day feature showed the sky several days into the future, on February 29, 30, and 31st. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/35 "2014-05-07T19:07:28Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I don’t think the sun usually appears in the night sky, so this should be a rare occurrence, indeed. Sure it does. That’s when you can land on it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/36 "2014-05-07T22:19:41Z")
Maybe not Saturn, but Uranus definitely resides between the Earth and the Sun from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/37 "2014-05-07T22:45:43Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Wouldn’t it be cool if Saturn _was_ between the Earth and the Sun? You could have some kind of monster eclipse with the Sun back-lighting the rings. Actually, I’d be kind of worried about the whole “Saturn, 8.9 AU away from us, still being between us and the Sun” because, like, where the holy astronomical fuck would we have to be? OMG the aliens came and exchanged our orbit for Saturn’s! Our atmosphere is fluttering down as little frozen gas snowflakes right now! But that probably would solve global warming. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/38 "2014-05-08T15:02:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > But they didn’t change the URL of the current page, which contains the text “saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend”: > [http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/](http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/) > > 😃 Oh man, I didn’t even notice it was in the URL itself. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/39 "2014-05-08T15:07:10Z")
It’s a Saturnalia miracle! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-space-reporter-saturn-will-be-directly-between-earth-and-the-sun-this-weekend/687769/40 "2014-05-08T15:57:57Z")
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