Jupiter

The planet Jupiter will appear extraordinarily large and bright in the Bay Area's night sky as the gas giant reaches its closest point to Earth since 1963, ...

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Astronomers operating the James Webb Space Telescope have been sharing dramatic close-up images of Jupiter. You can even see its rings.

Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is even bigger than the planet Mercury. Through even a simple backyard scope, you can see the disc of the planet, the two largest cloud bands and the four largest moons. Through a moderate telescope, if it is facing front and center, you can even see the Great Red Spot. Jupiter has a smaller system of rings than the planet Saturn that are nearly invisible to all ground-based telescopes. With an equatorial diameter of about 88,000 miles and a mass 318 times that of Earth, Jupiter is easily the largest planet in our solar system. Tucked away at the far reaches of our solar system, Neptune is about seven times farther away from Earth than Jupiter. If you look at Jupiter through a pair of binoculars, you may notice a few dots on either side of it. The surface that you see in pictures is only the upper layer of hydrogen clouds – Jupiter’s ever-changing weather – complete with the Great Red Spot. Its mission is to repeatedly skim just above the atmosphere and explore the composition and magnetic field of Jupiter. These parts of the Sun interact with each other and light up to produce the auroras on both planets. Jupiter is not a solid planet like Earth. Is it a plane?

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 ...

[released new images](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1118959461/jupiter-james-webb-telescope-photos-nasa) of Jupiter and its moons taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. "So I would say that it's a good thing to take advantage of and to look at no matter where you're at." 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. Separately, Jupiter is coming closer to Earth than it has since 1963. Looking from the Earth, when the sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east, directly opposite. When it's closest on Monday, Jupiter will be about 367 million miles from Earth,

People captured some incredible pictures of Jupiter close to Earth last night, Sept. 26, 2022.

Even though Jupiter is still hundreds of thousands of miles away from us on Earth, the Gas Giant never felt closer than it did last night. Perhaps the most impressive image taken of Jupiter on Sept. People across every corner of our home planet gazed upwards to catch a glimpse of the Gas Giant, and fortunately, many people captured some incredible [Jupiter and a few of its moons](https://twitter.com/jurneesphotos/status/1574626880455483392). [Home](https://www.greenmatters.com/)> [Big Impact](https://www.greenmatters.com/big-impact)> [News](https://www.greenmatters.com/news) 26.](https://www.greenmatters.com/news/when-will-jupiter-be-closest-to-earth)

Albertan astronomers will have their eyes skyward this week as they seek to get their best glimpse of Jupiter since 1951. The planet Jupiter was a mere 591 ...

If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be the size of a basketball. Jupiter is a “sun wannabee” in that it could have become a star if it had more mass, Florian said. Earth and Jupiter come closest to each other when they are in opposition, which is when Earth is between Jupiter and the Sun. 26, the two planets were also in opposition, making them super close and Jupiter appear about 15 per cent bigger in the night sky. Earth is headed out away from the Sun right now while Jupiter is heading towards it, Paulson said. Jupiter and Earth have elliptical orbits and are closer to the Sun at some points in it than others, explained St.