On May 5th about,theres a big line-up of most of the planets,on the other side of the sun.Are earthquakes expected? I know it doesnt really mean anything,but Do planets affect the earth?
The only thing of note that will happen will be all the cool people in the world will be out shopping for my birthday presents.
There was some big scare about this back in 80’s; nothing happened.
You have to keep in mind that we are always being affected by other planet’s gravity; it’s the nature of gravity. Lining them up doesn’t really change anything.
You thought Y2K was a non-event? Wait until you completely fail to notice this!
“Kings die, and leave their crowns to their sons. Shmuel HaKatan took all the treasures in the world, and went away.”
The lining up of planets has no gravitational effect on the earth, at their distance gravitational pull is insignificant lined up or not. Its nothing compaired to the moon, and its with us most of the time. Lining up happens pretty frequently, only astrologist tend to notice. 
Plus this lineup of planets includes most of them but us! If anything, we should notice a decrease in planetary gravitational influence.
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Addendum: we’ll be on the opposite side of the Sun from the lineup.
The Canadians. They walk among us. William Shatner. Michael J. Fox. Monty Hall. Mike Meyers. Alex Trebek. All of them Canadians. All of them here.
Well, it depends on the planets, of course. As AWB mentions, we’re off the hook for this one.
But if the earth is placed between Mars and Venus, I can think of one very annoyed Martian. So if that’s the case, the consequences could be catastrophic. Assuming that the Illudium Q32 is working properly.
I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!
I heard somewhere that any one of our artificial satellites has a greater gravitational effect on the earth than all the other planets and moons combined (our own moon excepted, of course.) Anyone know the validity of that (or a source?)
-David
Well, gravitational attraction drops off by the square of the distance between the two objects, so I think the statement you made is somewhat accurate.
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And yes, I seem to remember that the world was supposed to end right before I became legal, IIRC.
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…in a state so nonintuitive it can only be called weird…
Well, if Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace should guide the planets, as long as the moon is in the seventh house.
Here is a link from the Bad Astronomy web site.
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planets.html
The quick answer is: NO! He even calculates the effects of gravity, and of the tides, for the planets. Enjoy.
I think John Gribbon wrote a book called “The Jupter Effect” back in the '70s about how a planetary convergence in the '80s was going to rip the world apart. It was a real big seller, too. I don’t know how these doomsayers manage to get everybody to forget what they said after their predictions fail to be realized.