Australian Photographer Captures Exact Moment ISS Passed Through Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
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An Australian photographer has captured a photograph in which the International Space Station (ISS) can be seen moving between Jupiter and Saturn during the Great Conjunction, reported Colossal.
The Great Conjunction is when two planets appear closest together in the sky. This event occurs roughly every two decades. But the one that happened this year on December 21 was special because, during this Great Conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer together in the sky than they have since March 4, 1226.
Many photographers and space enthusiasts trained their cameras towards the event and shot photos of the event. However, one among them definitely stands out for capturing ISS, a habitable artificial satellite and a multinational collaborative project, moving between the two glowing planets.
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Stargazers from around the world captured magnificent photos of the rare cosmic event.
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Saturn, right, and Jupiter, with several of its moons, are pictured from the West Desert during the “Great Conjunction” on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Also dubbed the Christmas Star, the conjunction is the closest together the two planets have passed in Earth’s sky in nearly 400 years.
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On the night of the winter solstice, a rare cosmic event known as a planetary conjunction took place as two of our solar system’s biggest planets passed by one another.
During the conjunction, also referred to as the “Christmas Star,” Jupiter and Saturn appeared to unite for a few brief moments and shine as one bright double planet, while in reality the two planets were more than 400 million miles apart.
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Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn captured in stunning photos from around the world By Sophie Lewis 2 planets to meet in rare great conjunction
Jupiter and Saturn, our solar system s two largest planets, were visibly closer together on Monday night than they have been in 800 years marking an extremely rare celestial event known as the great conjunction.
The conjunction occurs when the orbits of the two planets align every 20 years, but the event is not always visible, and the planets do not typically come as close together as they did on December 21.
This time around, Jupiter and Saturn were just 0.1 degrees apart less than the diameter of a full moon.
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The Internet and space enthusiasts went into overdrive during the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21. And why not? The two largest planets in our solar system came together in a long time, at least from the perspective of Earthlings.
In a rare celestial phenomenon, the gaseous giants closer to one another in the night sky in 367 (1623) years on Monday since the Galileo s time in the 17th century.
The event piqued the interest of enthusiasts across the world who brought out their cameras and telescopes to witness the conjunction in the sky like never before. The event also marked the Winter Solstice, the shortest daylight time of the year.