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   ocr: Saturn The Wandering Planets dupiter Planets in the night sky Moyement of Jupiter Vehus and Saturn Map of the sky Mercuru The orbits of the planets SL - Planets looping the loop There are five planets visible at one time or another: without the help of: a telescope: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. They are always close to a particular circle around the sky called the ecliptic', shown here as a red line.. AS the sky1 turns over the course of a night, a E'I succession of planets strung out along the ecliptic parades across the sky before setting in QUIT THE STORY OF THE UNNVERSE TOPIC ...