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    Aug 27, 2024Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune line up in the sky. They will be best visible on August 28. However, you will need a small telescope to see some of these planets. Parade of planets on August 28. Source: phys.org Parade of planets on August 28. On August 28, you can see a parade or rather the lining up of six planets in the sky.
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    Aug 16, 2024The planet will be easy to see as the brightest object in the constellation Taurus, not far from the bright orange star Aldebaran. At the same time, it will be possible to see tiny Io very close to Jupiter. The satellite itself will be on the disk in a few minutes - at 01:52 (22:52 GMT). Jupiter's position in the sky on the night of August ...
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    Dec 12, 2024It would seem that Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, should get the "palm branch". ... This means that it will be visible in the evening sky, and the angular distance between it and the Sun will reach the maximum possible 47.2° on that day. For an Earth observer armed with a telescope or binoculars, the planet will look like ...
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    Dec 12, 2024Warm Saturn. But the most important thing the scientists discovered was a "dip" in the star's radiation curve. The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) has already confirmed that it is a planet. It has a diameter of 76 percent of Jupiter's, meaning it can be compared to Saturn.
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    Nov 3, 2024Saturn is currently 9 astronomical units away from us, and even Rhea, the largest of the four satellites, measures only 0.2 arc seconds. By contrast, Titan measures almost 1 arc second, so it's possible to discern its tiny disc with medium amateur telescopes, provided the sky is clear. Titan and Saturn captured by Cassini. The rings are ...
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    Jul 28, 2024Also in August 2024 we are expecting several conjunctions and approaches of the Moon to the planets, as well as a very rare phenomenon of two moons of Jupiter passing through its disk at once. Astronomical events of August Early August. August 4. New Moon. A few days after it, if the sky is clear, it will be possible to see "Da Vinci glow ...
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    Sep 7, 2024Mars' oppositions are even more different - its orbit is even more elongated than Saturn's, and is the most elongated of all the outer planets. Every 15-17 years, the so-called great opposition occurs, when Mars reaches the magnitude of -2.9 m, becoming brighter than Jupiter.
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    Jul 30, 2023August 3. The Moon is 5° south of Saturn (0.6ᵐ) August 5. The Moon is 2° south of Neptune (7,8ᵐ) August 8. The Moon is in the last quarter phase; The Moon is 3° north of Jupiter (-2.4ᵐ) August 9. The Moon is 2° north of Uranus (5,8ᵐ) August 10. Mercury is at its greatest eastern elongation (27°24' from the Sun) August 13
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    Aug 20, 2024JUICE met the Moon on the night of August 19-20. The vehicle flew at a distance of only 700 kilometers from its surface and then headed toward Earth. ... chain of gravitational maneuvers that should accelerate JUICE to sufficient speed to ensure its entry into orbit around Jupiter. Mission specialists decided to take this opportunity to test ...
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    Nov 9, 2024Consider how Jupiter's powerful gravity attracts its moon Europa. Since Europa's orbit is not circular, the crushing pressure of Jupiter's gravity on the Moon changes as it moves along its orbit. Saturn's moons deformations. When Europa is closest to Jupiter, the planet's gravity is felt the most.

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