Jupiter

2022 - 9 - 25

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Image courtesy of "Yorkshire Evening Post"

Jupiter to reach opposition: Planet's closest approach to Earth in 59 ... (Yorkshire Evening Post)

NASA is predicting 'extraordinary views' of the oldest planet in the solar system this week, as Jupiter reaches opposition - here's how to see it.

Tomorrow night will see the fifth planet from the sun come closer to earth than it has done in almost six decades - a distance of just 367 million miles away. When you have found your ideal location, look to the eastern horizon around sunset and you should be able to see the planet with the naked eye - not including the moon, Jupiter is likely to appear as the brightest object in the sky. Jupiter to reach opposition: Planet’s closest approach to Earth in 59 years - how to see it

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How to spot Jupiter as it makes its closest pass to Earth in 59 years (The Singleton Argus)

Not only will the planet be visible to the naked eye, so will four of its 75 moons. Like the Earth, Jupiter doesn't orbit the sun in a perfect circle ...

Nine spacecraft have visited Jupiter. Jupiter rotates once about every 10 hours (a Jovian day). Advertisement Juno, the most recent, arrived at Jupiter in 2016.

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