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The ultimate planetary show! 🪐✨ Ever seen multiple planets line up across the sky? On February 28, several worlds will appear perfectly aligned in a rare “planetary parade”! 🌌 From Earth’s viewpoint, they’ll form a graceful arc because all planets orbit the Sun along nearly the same flat path — the ecliptic. But here’s the cool part: these cosmic formations aren’t fixed dates on the calendar. They shift every year depending on each planet’s own orbit — speedy Mercury circles the Sun in just 88

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