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The great conjunction of 2020 was the closest since 1623 [12] [2] and eighth closest of the first three millennia AD, with a minimum separation between the two planets of 6.1 arcminutes. [2] This great conjunction was also the most easily visible close conjunction since 1226 (as the previous close conjunctions in 1563 and 1623 were closer to ...
This is a list of the Solar System's recent planetary conjunctions (in other words, when two planets look close together) for the period 2005–2020. In astronomy, a conjunction is an event, defined only when using either an equatorial or an ecliptic celestial coordinate system, in which any two astronomical objects (e.g. asteroids, moons ...
Just when we thought 2020 was almost over, it’s serving us one last life-changing moment. Monday December 21 marks the Great Conjunction or a rare alignment of Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky.
Of course this year is going to have the most dramatic season finale yet, with the Great Conjunction of 2020—the final point of the Great Transformation—on December 21. “Jupiter is expanding ...
English: Great Conjunction, observed on December 19, 2020, two nights before Dec 21st as recorded by Raman Madhira from Ray's Astrophotography Observatory. A 14 inches SCT telescope plus a color CCD was used
The closing astrological bookend of 2020 dawned on Monday, December 21 (the winter solstice), at 1:20 p.m., ET, when Jupiter and Saturn formed the Great Conjunction in the humanitarian focused ...
Great conjunction. The planets Jupiter and Saturn appear at their closest in the sky since 1623, in an event known as a great conjunction. The closest approach will occur at 18:22 UTC, when the two planets will be one-tenth of a degree apart; they will appear to be a binary object to the naked eye.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:38, 1 July 2021: 1,350 × 1,012 (17 KB): Huntster: Reverted to version as of 03:08, 24 December 2020 (UTC); new image is the same resolution but artificially enlarged.