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Gobsmacking Photos Show The Great Conjunction 'Christmas Star' From Around The World

Gobsmacking Photos Show The Great Conjunction Christmas Star From Around The World
JULIETTE COLLEN, AFP
22 DECEMBER 2020
The Solar System s two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing range in Monday s evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080.
This great conjunction , as it is known to astronomers, occurred fortuitously on the winter solstice for those in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of summer in the global south.

The two planets were, in fact, more than 730 million kilometres (400 million miles) apart. But because of their alignment in relation to Earth, they appeared to be closer to each other than at any time in almost 400 years. ....

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Photos: Jupiter and Saturn Meet in Rare 'Great Conjunction'

Photos: Jupiter and Saturn Meet in Rare ‘Great Conjunction’
Intelligencer
12/22/2020
Charlotte Klein
© Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
The alignment has become known as the “Christmas Star.” Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
People around the world looked up Monday for a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, as Jupiter and Saturn, the solar system’s two largest planets, appeared closer to each other in the sky than they have in nearly 400 years. According to NASA, it’s been even longer almost 800 years since the planets aligned at night, timing that gave almost everyone on planet Earth the chance to observe the astronomical event known as a “Great Conjunction.” Last night’s event was made even more unique by the fact that it fell on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, a “rare coincidence,” NASA astronomer Henry Throop said, as “the date of the conjunction is determined by the positions of J ....

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