Great Conjunction

Azimuth 2020-12-05

Summary:

I’ve been seeing Saturn and Jupiter coming closer to each other in the sky lately. Jupiter passes by Saturn every 19.6 years, and it’s called a great conjunction. But I just learned that on December 21st they’ll look closer than they have since March 1226! They’ll be just 0.1 degrees apart: 6.1 arcminutes, to be […]

Link:

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/great-conjunction/

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Online Mathematical Communication » Azimuth

Tags:

astronomy

Authors:

John Baez

Date tagged:

12/05/2020, 02:13

Date published:

12/05/2020, 01:41