by APOD Robot » Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:05 am
Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction: The Movie
Explanation: Yes, but have you seen a
movie of Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunction? The featured time-lapse video was composed from a series of images taken from
Thailand and shows the two giant planets as they angularly passed about a tenth of a degree from each other. The first
Great Conjunction sequence shows a relative close up over five days with moons and cloud bands easily visible, followed by a second video sequence, zoomed out, over 9 days. Even though
Jupiter and
Saturn appeared to pass unusually
close together on the sky on
December 21, 2020, in actuality they were still nearly a
billion kilometers apart. The two gas giants are destined for similar
meet ups every
19.86 years. However, they had not come
this close, angularly, for the past
397 years, and will not again for another
60 years. If you're
willing to wait until the year
7541, though, you can see Jupiter
pass directly in front of Saturn.
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