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Jordan hosts a week of astronomy events
Jordan will experience some remarkable astronomical phenomena this week. The most notable is a total solar eclipse next Wednesday, which will not be visible from Jordan or the Arab Mashriq countries but will be partially visible in some North African nations. Additionally, on the same morning, the skies over Jordan will feature an alignment of six planets: Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter. This planetary conjunction will be observable between approximately 4:45 and 5:35 AM, with Saturn and Mars being easily visible, while seeing Uranus and Neptune requires special astronomical tools. Coinciding with this, Mercury will be in conjunction with Jupiter, and the Perseid meteor shower will be active. There will also be a pass of the International Space Station over the kingdom before dawn on August 15th, which can be seen with the naked eye. Experts emphasized that these phenomena are unrelated to earthquakes, which result from tectonic plate movement. They also highlighted the importance of the public observing the sky during these events without linking them to any geological occurrences.
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