"Meteor shower", "partial eclipse", "blood moon", "total solar eclipse", these strange astronomical wonders will be staged in the first half of 2022. This will bring a super shocking visual impact to the majority of astronomy enthusiasts.
At the same time, according to the authoritative prediction of astronomers, in June 2022, there will also be a very rare "seven stars and pearls" celestial spectacle, which makes people who like astronomical wonders full of expectations in their hearts, and also arouses the infinite reverie of some mystics for strange celestial phenomena.
What kind of cosmic show will the appearance of "Seven Stars and Pearls" be? Is it true that the strange celestial phenomena mentioned in ancient Chinese books can be warned? Foreign prophets also have terrible predictions about the "Seven Stars and Pearls" celestial phenomenon, what is the truth?
Today, I will take you to understand what secrets are hidden behind the astronomical spectacle of "Seven Stars and Pearls".
Super "Blood Moon"
Uncover the mysterious celestial phenomenon of "Seven Stars and Pearls"
"Seven stars and pearls", literally, is that there are seven planets in space in a straight line. In fact, this peculiar phenomenon refers specifically to the arrangement of the major planets in the solar system.
In distant antiquity, intelligent and intelligent human ancestors, by observing the sky scene, discovered very early that the positions of the planets were different. Through continuous observation and analysis from generation to generation, five planets have been discovered, namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; Together with Earth, it has always been thought that there are a total of six planets in the solar system.
Planetary map of the solar system
This view has lasted for thousands of years, until the emergence of modern science, the emergence of a large number of scientific observation instruments and equipment, changed the human understanding of the sky, but also accelerated the pace of human exploration of the unknown universe.
With the continuous progress of science and technology, human beings began to use astronomical telescopes to observe the sky. In this way, the Englishman Herschel discovered a planet located outside the orbit of Saturn in his yard in 1781 and later named it Uranus.
On September 23, 1846, scientists found that there was a planet beyond Uranus based on mathematical predictions, and named it Neptune. Although the planet was predicted not to be observed, 140 years later, on August 25, 1989, the U.S. Voyager probe visited Neptune, directly proving its existence.
Uranus and Neptune
Following the discovery of Neptune, in 1930, the American astronomer Clyde discovered Pluto. At this point, all nine planets in the solar system have been discovered.
However, on August 24, 2006, the nine planets of the solar system were redefined. Because, through the latest observations, the little brother Pluto shares an orbit with other asteroids, which does not meet the definition of a planet, so it can only be downgraded and become a member of the dwarf planet, not one of the planets in the solar system.
Pluto
If you remove Pluto and add the Earth where humans live, the current solar system is considered to exist eight planets.
After research, astronomers have found that most of the time, the eight planets are scattered around the star sun according to their respective operating laws. This is mainly because the major planets orbit the sun at different speeds, and the closer the planet to the sun, the stronger the gravitational pull of the sun, the faster it is; The farther away the planet is from the Sun, the less gravitational pull it is subjected to, and the slower it is.
That is to say, the time for the Earth to rotate for one year is 365 days, while Mercury's orbital speed is 47.4 km/s, and the time to orbit the Sun is only 88 days; Neptune has an orbital velocity of 5.4 km/s, and it takes up to 165 years to orbit the Sun.
Planetary map of the solar system
It is precisely because the planets are in their respective orbits, moving at different speeds, that it is difficult to encounter such a harsh state of waiting for the line to be in motion.
In fact, according to the rules of astronomy, in order to observe that each planet is moving in the same line, it only needs the planet to maintain a certain angle in the sky. That is, if the opening angle is within the range of 30°, the planet can be in the same straight line; If the angle is beyond this angle range, it is impossible to observe the planet in a straight line.
According to this principle, after a certain period of time, the planets move to the same side of the Sun, while maintaining the same straight line. At this time, from a certain angle of the earth, you can observe the astronomical scene of "seven stars and pearls" in a certain sky area.
The excavated artifacts are painted with astrological charts
According to the statistics of scientists, the interval between each occurrence of the "seven stars and pearls" varies from one hundred years to thirty or forty years, and on average, it will appear only once every seventy-seven years.
So it would be a blessing to have one chance in your lifetime when seven planets were lined up in a line. The last time the "Seven Stars and Pearls" phenomenon occurred on May 5, 2000. There has been a 30-year interval. It can be seen that this is a very rare natural wonder.
On June 16, 2022, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are about to be staged, and the seven planets in the solar system are connected.
The specific time of appearance, from the perspective of the earth, is that in the early morning of the same day, before the sun has risen, the celestial phenomenon of "seven stars and pearls" can be seen from the eastern sky. The easternmost one is Mercury, followed by Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn to the west.
However, only five planets can be viewed with the naked eye. This is because Uranus and Neptune are far away from the earth, and the sunlight they reflect is already very weak when they reach the earth, so it is impossible to see these two planets with the naked eye. Only with the help of astronomical telescopes can we truly see the "seven stars and pearls".
Meteor shower spectacle
Therefore, even if there is a scene of "seven stars and pearls", because there are more restrictions on observation, a small number of people will be able to observe with their own eyes.
The stars are beaded, the ancients think that it is auspicious or fierce?
For ancient Chinese, although they did not have the opportunity to see the spectacle of "seven stars and pearls", they found out very early that there are five bright stars in the ecliptic, in different seasons, their position will undergo some changes relative to the starry sky, after running to a certain stage, these five bright stars will be arranged in a straight line in the sky, this phenomenon was called "five star beads" by the ancients.
Five stars
In the "Chronicle of History", it was recorded that "there are five stars in the sky", and the "five stars" here are "Qiming, Nianxing, Chenxing, Yingqi, and Zhenxing", which in fact, refers to the five planets of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and so on.
How did the ancient Chinese people view the concept of the unity of heaven and man, and how did they view the strange stars that appeared?
In the shang and zhou periods of the ancient Xia, there were: "The great affairs of the country are in the worship and rong." ". That is to say, the most important national affairs are in the sacrifice and military. At that time, observing celestial phenomena and sacrifice were inseparable.
Until then, the Qin Dynasty created a centralized system of power, dividing the three dukes and nine secretaries to govern the country. And one of the Nine Secretaries is too often, that is, the official who specializes in astronomy, whose status is second only to that of the Three Dukes, and the head of the Nine Secretaries. Later dynasties also had official institutions and personnel specializing in astronomical management to observe celestial phenomena until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
It can be seen that the ancient rulers attached great importance to astronomical astrology.
Ancient Observatory
The celestial phenomenon of "five stars and pearls" is generally considered to be an auspicious omen according to the interpretation of ancient astrological phenomena. In the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that "five stars out of the East benefit China".
Unearthed cultural relics read "Five stars out of the East to benefit China"
When the clear-eyed people look at the words "beneficial to China", they feel that as long as there are five stars, it will be beneficial to China, which can be seen that this sentence predicts the beautiful future of "China".
But how did the ancients know that their descendants used the term "China"? In fact, the word "China" appeared in the early Zhou Dynasty or earlier.
For example, on the Zhou Dynasty bronze relics "He Zun" unearthed in Baoji, it is written "Zhaozi China, Zizi Qimin", and the "China" here refers to the center of the whole world.
Ancient astronomical instruments
In addition, in the "Records of History", it is also recorded: "Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms with soldiers and merged With China", which shows that during the Qin Dynasty, "China" already referred to the meaning of the entire country.
Although, "Five Stars and Pearls" has all kinds of beautiful prejudgments; But along with the "five stars and pearls", there are sometimes bloody killings and years of war, which have been recorded several times in the history of the mainland.
In 1059 BC, the spectacle of "five stars and pearls" appeared, and twelve years later, King Wu of Zhou cut down the Shang Dynasty.
In 185 BC, there was also the "Five Stars and Pearls", two years later, Lü Hou killed The Young Emperor of Han, and six years later, Zhou Bo launched a mutiny, killing the entire clan of Lü Hou, and then Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne.
In 710, Empress Wei killed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang; Subsequently, after Li Longji got rid of Wei, he successfully ascended the throne and was known as Emperor Tang Ming. This year also appeared in the "five-star pearl" scene.
In the thousands of years of China's history, there have been countless natural and man-made disasters, and people at that time wanted to find the reasons for these things, so they were more or less related to mysterious stars. The phenomenon of "five stars and pearls" was regarded by the ancients as a sign of great luck or great evil, and it seems to be inconsistent.
However, out of the hope of good hope, it is more appropriate to think that the phenomenon of "five stars and pearls" is still considered to be a good omen.
Ancient astrological charts
How do people view the phenomenon of "seven stars and pearls" today
However, in modern times, people have been able to observe all kinds of strange astronomical phenomena through various instruments and eyes, but they still cannot satisfy the psychology of curiosity, and they are still looking at various strange celestial phenomena through various prophecies.
In fact, even if there are disasters, they are not the various disasters that people usually think of as man-made; It can only be a natural disaster. This natural disaster refers to the sudden change of weather and climate, a huge natural disaster, so some prophets have begun to exert their own whimsical ideas, predicting that the "Seven Stars and Pearls" can bring about great disasters that human beings cannot escape.
In 1982, a man named Richard Nunn wrote a book of prophecies called The Last Catastrophe. In the book, the author predicts a series of scenes that will occur on Earth when the "Seven Stars and Pearls" phenomenon occurs on May 5, 2000.
The book describes: "When the seven planets of the solar system line up in a straight line, disaster will descend upon the world, the Earth's gravity will be out of balance, and the Earth's axis will tilt." "At that point, the ice water from the north and south poles will begin to tilt and spread to other areas, and then a bigger catastrophe will occur, and the entire land will be submerged by seawater." So, what will the ending be?
It is clear that Richard Nunn's prophecy ultimately failed, and we still live on this blue planet today.
As for predictions and claims about disasters brought about by the "Seven Stars and Pearls," astronomers have said that they basically lack a strong scientific basis and are pure nonsense. The most scientific explanation is that the planets in the solar system move to a certain position as a cyclical manifestation and cannot serve as an early warning of disasters on Earth.
So what is the impact of the astronomical phenomenon of "seven stars and pearls" on the earth?
In fact, the interaction between celestial bodies in the universe depends on gravity, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic radiation.
The Moon's gravitational pull causes the Earth to produce tidal phenomena
In fact, the "seven stars and pearls" is only a change in the position of the planets, and at the same time the direction of gravity changes. When the "Seven Stars" occurred, since the Earth was the third planet close to the Sun, there were five planets behind the Earth, and the most gravitational force was Jupiter. Without the appearance of the "Seven Stars and Pearls", the major planets of the solar system will be arranged in a non-linear position, and the gravitational pull of other planets on the Earth will be canceled out.
At the time of the "Seven Stars", Mercury and Venus were on the left side of the Earth, and the other planets were on the right side of the Earth. Almost all of them on the right are massive planets, so Earth may be subjected to a greater gravitational pull than usual.
But even so, this force does not play a great destructive role. Because, relative to the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon on the earth, the power generated by the "seven stars and pearls" is minimal and will not greatly change the tidal phenomenon of the earth.
So do magnetic fields and radiation have an effect on Earth?
The solar wind produces electromagnetic radiation
In fact, the major planets in the solar system will not automatically emit light, and they will not produce electromagnetic radiation like the star sun, so there is no need to consider the impact of the "seven stars and pearls" magnetic field and radiation changes on the earth.
Therefore, it can be seen that the "Seven Stars and Pearls" will not have much impact on the operation of the earth, and human beings do not have to worry too much about their normal life will be disturbed in any way.
It can be seen that even in modern civilized society, people still distort and rumor some mysterious natural phenomena. In addition, all kinds of speculations about the "Seven Stars and Pearls" all reflect the curiosity and curiosity of human beings!
Harley Telescope
epilogue
In today's highly scientifically developed society, human beings have realized that celestial wonders are not necessarily related to individual destiny and national events, and international disputes are not necessarily related.
By observing these peculiar celestial wonders, in addition to feasting your eyes, you can also learn more about astronomy.
Although there are still many unsolved mysteries in the vast universe, it also requires human beings to continuously improve their own capabilities and technologies to explore and discover.