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September 20th, 2022 | #1 |
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By Jove! Jupiter to make closest approach to Earth in 70 years next Monday
By Jove! Jupiter to make closest approach to Earth in 70 years next Monday
Gas giant to come within just 365 million miles. Viewing conditions will be ideal even if you only have binoculars Mon 19 Sep 2022 Next Monday, September 26, Jupiter will be the closest to Earth it has been for in 70 years. At its furthest, the planet is around 965.5 million kilometres (600 million miles) from Earth. Next Monday day, it will be approximately 587 million kilometres (365 million miles) away, thanks to both Earth and Jupiter’s positions in their respective orbits bringing them closer to each other than usual. Coinciding with this moment is a phenomenon called “opposition” that means Jupiter will not just be close to Earth, but ready for a close-up. A planet is in opposition when its placement is on opposite sides of the Earth from the sun – rising in the east as the Sun sets in the west. This occurs every 13 months for Jupiter, and when it does, the planet appears to be both larger and brighter. The planet will be so close that viewers will be able to see at least the central band and three or four of its moons with good binoculars. https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/...sest_approach/ |
September 20th, 2022 | #2 |
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot and southern hemisphere as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2019. Not to be too nitpicky, but Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth in 59 years. The last time was October 1963. https://www.space.com/jupiter-opposi...ch-skywatching
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Juno took the three images used to produce this colour-enhanced view on Feb. 12, 2019, between 9:59 a.m. PST and 10:39 a.m. PST, as the spacecraft performed its 17th science pass of Jupiter. At the time the images were taken, the spacecraft was between 16,700 miles and 59,300 miles above Jupiter's cloud tops, above a southern latitude spanning from about 40 to 74 degrees. This image was submitted on March 21, 2019. Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Can you see the little red spot storm southwest of the Great Red Spot to the left of center of Jupiter's disc?
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NASA's Juno Will Perform Close Flyby of Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-...cy-moon-europa "All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there."
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