{"id":77812,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/77812-great-conjunction-saturn-and-jupiter-converge","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/77812","headline":"Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge","content":"\u003cp\u003eNASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's happening. Saturn and Jupiter are moving closer and will soon appear in almost exactly the same direction.  Coincidentally, on the night of the December solstice -- the longest night of the year in the north and the longest day in the south -- the long-awaited Great Conjunction will occur. Then, about six days from now, Saturn and Jupiter will be right next to each other -- as they are every 20 years. But this juxtaposition is not just any Great Conjunction -- it will be the closest since 1623 because the two planetary giants will pass only 1/10th of a degree from each other -- well less than the apparent diameter of a full moon.  In the next few days a crescent moon will also pass a few degrees away from the converging planets and give a preliminary opportunity for iconic photos.  The featured illustration shows the approach of Saturn and Jupiter during November and December over the French Alps.   Growing Gallery: Notable images of the Great Conjunction submitted to APOD\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto by Sebastian Voltmer\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\n\nIt's happening. Saturn and Jupiter are moving closer and will soon appear in almost exactly the same direction.  Coincidentally, on the night of the December solstice -- the longest night of the year in the north and the longest day in the south -- the long-awaited Great Conjunction will occur. Then, about six days from now, Saturn and Jupiter will be right next to each other -- as they are every 20 years. But this juxtaposition is not just any Great Conjunction -- it will be the closest since 1623 because the two planetary giants will pass only 1/10th of a degree from each other -- well less than the apparent diameter of a full moon.  In the next few days a crescent moon will also pass a few degrees away from the converging planets and give a preliminary opportunity for iconic photos.  The featured illustration shows the approach of Saturn and Jupiter during November and December over the French Alps.   Growing Gallery: Notable images of the Great Conjunction submitted to APOD\n\n\n\nPhoto by Sebastian Voltmer","published_at":"2020-12-15T12:16:06-08:00","updated_at":"2024-06-25T09:36:37-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Specola","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Specola on Kudos 365. View their photo published Dec/15/2020 on Science - Tech - Astronomy. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/68d1638b-99f1-4885-806a-75eb622a822c.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":9,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/77812-great-conjunction-saturn-and-jupiter-converge","headline":"Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/68d1638b-99f1-4885-806a-75eb622a822c.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Specola","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"datePublished":"2020-12-15T12:16:06-08:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":9}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}