Jupiter Picture: Jupiter came closest to Earth for the first time in 59 years, such a sight will not be seen in the next 107 years, see picture
Jupiter Picture: As Jupiter moves around the Sun in its orbit, only at one point does it reach the opposite side of the Sun as seen from Earth. This is the first time in 59 years on Monday, when Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, was closest to Earth despite reaching that position. It was just 59,06,29,248 kilometers away from the Earth. Now such an incident will be seen after 107 years. The next time the planet will come so close to the Earth in the year 2129, due to which this astronomical event that happened on Monday is being said to be amazing.
The planet, which takes more than 11 years to make a complete revolution around the Sun, was exactly opposite the Sun in its orbit, making it one of the brightest objects in the sky as seen from Earth. Jupiter appeared bright in the sky with magnitude -2.9. Earlier it was said that this planet with 53 moons would remain in the sky throughout the night. The closest Jupiter to Earth appeared in the sky after 5:29 pm and this view remained visible till 5:31 am on 27 September.
Jupiter taken from the garden
Astrophysicist Andrew McCarthy has taken a picture of this giant gaseous planet. He has already taken some beautiful pictures of Jupiter, in which it looks like a glass sphere floating in space. According to the news of DailyMail, he has taken these pictures from his garden. Jupiter's red spots and clouds can be clearly seen in McCarthy's pictures. McCarthy's followers on Instagram know him as cosmic-background. People have termed his pictures of Jupiter as 'Best Shot'. Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system after the Sun. The planet is composed only of gases, mostly hydrogen and helium.
Uranus is also a very special planet
According to research, Uranus is a very special planet in itself. The rest of the planets in the Solar System revolve around the Sun on their axis. Only part of Uranus faces the Sun. It is not far from the Sun, yet it is a cold planet. Although in 1986 the man-made machine Voyager-2 spacecraft passed close to it. It came to know that the atmosphere of this planet is made of hydrogen, helium and methane. It has many moons. And its magnetic field is also very strong. Diamonds rain on this planet. But it is not like earthly rain. Rather, scientists say that they are formed due to a scientific process.
Why does it rain diamonds on Uranus?
Scientists believe that the atmospheric pressure is high in the interior of this planet made of gas. Due to this the bonds of hydrogen and carbon are broken. Because of which diamonds start raining. Talking about the size of Uranus, it is 17 times bigger than the Earth. In a recent experiment, scientists had informed about the rain of diamonds here.
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