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Recently, Jupiter and Saturn are appearing in the night sky as if they were a single star. Last night, it is said to have been the closest in 400 years in terms of distance and 800 years in terms of what we can see. Let’s take a look at the phenomenon of “close proximity” of Jupiter and Saturn with the reporter. Reporter Jeong Hye-yoon! Last night’s space program was streamed live on YTN YouTube. Did you get a good look at Jupiter and Saturn? Since yesterday afternoon, the sky became cloudy and I was worried. However, the sky cleared at night and luckily I was able to see the last space show in 2020. The screen you are looking at is Jupiter and Saturn taken with a telescope. If you zoom in a bit, you can see the characteristic Great Red Spot of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. The distance between Jupiter and Saturn will increase, but by the end of December, you can see both stars simultaneously in one field of view. There were mixed claims that Jupiter and Saturn were “very close” in 400 to 800 years. Which is correct? Jupiter’s orbit period is approximately 12 years and Saturn’s period of orbit is approximately 30 years. So the two planets get closer every 20 years. But between them, it has been 397 years since 1623, about 400 years, that the two planets are so close. However, at the time, the two planets were too close to the Sun, making observations difficult in most areas. It can be seen clearly from the ground, and it has been almost 800 years since 1226 that the distance has been close. A ‘close proximity’ like this year can only be seen again in 2080 after 60 years. There is also the theory that it was the ‘Christmas Star’ who guided the magicians about the ‘close proximity’ of Jupiter and Saturn. So is. In 1604, argued the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Around the time of Jesus’ birth, a peculiar phenomenon occurred in which Jupiter and Saturn met three times from spring to winter. This is due to the so-called retrograde phenomenon in which an exoplanet outside the Earth reaches Earth in orbit. It happens once every few hundred years, and it is possible that the unusual stellar movement led the magicians. This is YTN Jeong Hye-yoon.
