--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2002-04-04T03:21:07' draft: false title: Planetary Figures --- The end of this month and the first ten days of next .[are exciting times for those watching the heavens](http://www.cosmiverse.com/space04030205.html). Among the highlights: an opportunity to see all nine planets on a single night (something that likely won't happen again in your lifetime), Mars and Venus merging, and Mars, Saturn, and Venus forming a small equilateral triangle "directly above Bethlehem".