Current Events > Tomorrow night, Jupiter will be closer to earth than it has been in 59 years

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https://www.npr.org/2022/09/25/1124167790/jupiter-closest-earth-opposition-nasa

The gas giant Jupiter is coming the closest it has come to Earth in 59 years this Monday and will be particularly visible because it coincides with another event called opposition.

When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, so you could draw a straight line from the sun to Earth to Jupiter, all in alignment. Jupiter's opposition happens every 13 months. Looking from the Earth, when the sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east, directly opposite. During opposition, planets appear at their biggest and brightest.

Separately, Jupiter is coming closer to Earth than it has since 1963. Because of Earth's and Jupiter's differing orbits around the sun, they don't pass each other at the same distance each time. When it's closest on Monday, Jupiter will be about 367 million miles from Earth, according to NASA. At its farthest, it's 600 million miles away.

The next time Jupiter will come this close will be in 2129.

Hopefully it won't be too cloudy where I'm at.

Time for the rituals

What does the machine do?

https://imgur.com/fwHhvET

It's approaching

inb4 earth gets sucked into its gravitational pull

It's gonna be night time soon. So far, I've got no clouds where I'm at.

Dang it, Jupiter is very low on the horizon where I'm at. I'll see if it's different in a couple hours.

sweet Ive been meaning to make a trip to get more stupider

Well... I can see it. I wish I had a telescope so I could get a good picture of it.

It would be cloudy where I am right now.

It's there alright

Who fucking cares

fuck Jupiter

stupid fucking planet

Im a Saturn man, personally

MICHALECOLE posted...

Who fucking cares

fuck Jupiter

stupid fucking planet

Im a Saturn man, personally

Saturn is also my favorite planet in our solar system.

I'm gonna invest in a telescope some time in the next couple years.

Sun hasnt completely set here in Cali :(

But they'll still only be friends

In other words, Jupiter Descending.

Which direction should I look?

Nb4 Up

What color will it be?

i only hadclouds last night, big sad, i stayed up until 11pm and i wasnt able to see or even take a picture.

Bad_Mojo posted...

Which direction should I look?

Nb4 Up

What color will it be?

It's gonna be toward the east right now and a white/slightly amber color. You can use a constellation tracking app like Star Map to get an idea of which direction to look.

The prophecy fortells that this is when the Rugliopes descend upon us, wipe out most of our race and take the rest of us for experimentation to create hybrid monstrosities.

Is it that white dot that looks like it could be a aircraft but its not moving?

PowerOats posted...

Is it that white dot that looks like it could be a aircraft but its not moving?

Yeah, it'll be a white dot to the naked eye.

Tag for when I go outside with no binoculars or telescope and try to see it.

I wonder if I can make something at home real quick, like a pinhole or whatnot.

Does anyone here have Stellarium?
I feel like some of you would like it.

it's really bright tonight. wish i had a telescope :(

Here's the best picture I could take of it

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/4/1/AAOc9VAADt8x.jpg

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Could be something else lol, but I used an app that tells me where the stars are and it looked like that's where Jupiter is. Anyone able to confirm if Jupiter is supposed to look anything more than a bright star?

pojr posted...

Could be something else lol, but I used an app that tells me where the stars are and it looked like that's where Jupiter is. Anyone able to confirm if Jupiter is supposed to look anything more than a bright star?

Nah, it'll just look like a white dot.

You can tell the difference between stars and planets. Stars twinkle while planets don't

Well, I saw it.

It was really bright and such, I wish I had a telescope. All I could see was a really white dot, a lot bigger than a star.