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New Delhi: Gas giant Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, came closest to earth on Monday night in 59 years. Here are some photos of Jupiter snapped by netizens of the rare celestial event.
Jupiter attained ‘opposition’ on Monday night, rising in the east as the sun set in the west, placing the planet and the sun on opposite sides of the earth.
Jupiter’s ‘opposition’ occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger and brighter. Jupiter came to approximately 367 million miles from earth, the closest since 1963. The gas giant is approximately 600 million miles away from earth at its farthest point.
After staying up all night shooting it, here's my shot of Jupiter at "Opposition". This is the closest its been to Earth in 59 years. pic.twitter.com/6K06whceEo
— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) September 27, 2022
Jupiter so bright, its peering right through the clouds! You can even see three of the Galilean moons ! pic.twitter.com/2x9aK7tqBh
— Aloke Kumar (@aalokelab) September 26, 2022
Seriously!
Clouds never miss any astronomical events 🙂🙄
But this time I played smart clicked Jupiter four days before it's closest approach to earth…
Here's ladies and gentlemen
Jupiter the giant with its galilean moons.#Jupiter pic.twitter.com/9QL7g2K11B— Fenil Kapadia (@iamfenilkapadia) September 26, 2022
They are NOT good pictures
At all
But Jupiter is closer than its ever been and I'm so excited to see it pic.twitter.com/kbP3dNnHg5— 🦋☁️Hael☁️💙 (@HaelHallo) September 26, 2022
Jupiter tonight pic.twitter.com/noaJteJ7O2
— 🔞Diana⁷⟭⟬ ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ🌘💜🔞 (@DlFrede) September 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/Dr_EReed/status/1574517713560428545
https://twitter.com/TMcLaughlinLDN/status/1574553812521582603
It might not be pretty but I got it! Jupiter at opposition 2022 pic.twitter.com/nmeGehnVv4
— Phil Michel (@m1che2) September 26, 2022
