After 600 years, on December 21, Jupiter and Saturn are coming closest, can be seen with the naked eye from Earth!
Surprising to hear the news, Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in our solar system, are coming closest for the first time since the Middle Ages.
This means that for the first time in 600 years, Jupiter and Saturn will come very close, and this can be seen with the naked eye.
This is the first time Saturn and Jupiter are approaching from December 16 to December 25.
This rare event can be seen a few days before Christmas. That is, when the sun sets on December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye from Earth. Scientists are reporting rare events.
On December 21, the two planets will come so close that they will look like a pair of planets from Earth.
This phenomenon is called conjunction.
These two planets are coming so close again after March 4, 1228 AD.
Patrick Hartigan, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and an astronomer, said in a statement that such positions of the two planets are rare, usually coming closer to 20 years later. But this time the situation is completely different. The two planets are coming so close this time after March 4, 1228 AD.
Such an unprecedented scene will be seen 600 years later, is that a small thing? No one alive has ever seen them before.
Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan said in a statement that the Earth's sky has been moving closer to Jupiter and Saturn since last summer. The scene can be seen in the western sky one hour after sunset.
Such an event can not be thought of! The people of the world have become very enthusiastic about the news of this rare event.
The statement added that the distance between the two planets will be less than the diameter of the full moon on the evening of December 21.
It will look like a pair of planets from the earth. And if viewed with a telescope, even the large satellites of the two planets can be seen.
Professor Hartigan said, "On that rare day, the evening of December 21, the size of the planets would have to be doubled. Their distance will be less than the diameter of the full moon! ”
In the future, there will be no opportunity to see this event before 2060 and 2400.