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JUpiter and Saturn got closer than ever on Monday. People from all over the world looked up to the sky to see the meeting of the two largest planets in our solar system, what astronomers call the “Great Conjunction.” In fact, Jupiter and Saturn were separated by more than 730 million kilometers. But seen from the ground, it seemed as if they had come very close.
The best conditions to observe the planetary encounter were in the equator. In Western Europe, sky watchers had to look southwest to observe the phenomenon. The best time to observe the “conjunction” was at 19:22 CET.
In the Indian metropolis of Calcutta, hundreds of amateur astronomers followed the show through a telescope in a technology museum and from rooftops or open spaces. In Kuwait, fans of the planet moved into the desert to get a particularly good view of the sky phenomenon.
The “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn occurs approximately every 20 years; how close they appear to Earth is different.
As close as this Tuesday, the day of the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of summer in the southern hemisphere, they will only see each other again in 2080. Previously, in 1623, Jupiter and Saturn appeared so close together from the perspective of the Land.
