My Heavens Above -- Take a Flying Leap on FRI 4/1/05

**No Joke** here-- Look celestially on Friday, April 1 @ 10:20:41 seconds AM EST!

Get ready to Jump and maybe get a zero-gravity rush?! oOo oOo
At 10:22:41 a.m. tomorrow (Friday), Mercury will be near Inferior Conjunction, Venus will be near Superior Conjunction, and Jupiter will be approaching Opposition (see a Planetary Summary chart @ heavens-above.com and you can check the alignment out + other Amazing CoOol space stuff .

Also, the Moon should be generating a NeapTide. Since Mercury and Venus are our nearest planetary neighbors, and Jupiter is so massive (it is heavier than all the other planets, moons, comets and asteroids combined), the gravitational effects could be significant due to this unique alignment.

In the past, when similar events have occurred, there have been reports of “a strange floating sensation” oOo oOo by individuals who jumped up exactly at the time of the event oOo oOo (one such event occurred in April of 1976, at 4:47 a.m. EST – so most Americans were asleep in bed)! oOo oOo oOo oOo

I’m going to try to be in the Quad about 10:20 for this event tomorrow. . . You must have your watches set very precisely oOo oOo -–get the Exact Time here. It'll be interesting to see what happens! oOo oOo oOo oOo

G. Craig Flowers, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Physical Science
Bluefield College
Rom 8.28, Phil 4.4