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Jupiter and Saturn get closer after about 400 years. Rare cosmic events will happen in the sky on Monday. The last time these two planets were seen so close was in 1823, 13 years after the discovery of the Galileo telescope. Scientists say that if the weather is favorable, it can be seen with the naked eye.
Astronomers say that this is one of the rarest phenomena. The distance between Saturn and Jupiter is 6 crore kilometers. Both planets rotate in their own orbits. But in the orbit itself, one remains in the east while the other remains in the west. This is their first time joining. Their distance remains the same. But they are going to get caught in the same direction. What is called the great connection.
Generally, the gravitational pull of Saturn and Jupiter is very high. That is why they protect the earth like an umbrella from asteroid attacks. These two planets attract most asteroids to themselves by their own force. They are coming together. Its direct hit will not land on the ground. Only enthusiastic people can observe the location of these two planets with a telescope at night.
According to Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, the distance between the two planets will be 630 million kilometers. The distance from Jupiter to Earth will be 690 million kilometers. The next big connection between Saturn and Jupiter could be on March 15, 2070.
If you want to see the two planets after sunset Monday, you must look at the southwest horizon. On Thursday there will be a small planet Saturn in shape in the upper right.
Professor David Weintrab, a space researcher at Vanderbilt University, said that a person may have the opportunity to see such events only once in their life. Scientists call it the Great Conjunction or Mahasammilan or Mahayugalbandi. NASA has named this cosmic event Christmas Star 2020.
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, takes about 12 years to orbit the Sun once. And since Saturn is farther from the Sun, the circumference of its orbit is much larger than the circumference of Jupiter’s orbit. It takes Saturn about 29 and a half years to orbit the sun once.
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