You will not see two or more moons, that will not be scientific reality, although your eyes understand it. What will happen next Monday is that Jupiter, which is the largest planet in the solar system, will approach the Earth to the point of being brighter than “our” Moon in the sky. Note that this is not just any astronomical event, this is because it has not been such an approximation for 59 years.
The planet will be visible to all, and anyone with modest binoculars or a telescope will be able to see the planet’s stripes on its surface and many of its larger moons.
On September 26, Jupiter will be 591,168,168 km from Earth
On Monday, September 26, the huge planet Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has been in the past 59 years, becoming visible in the night sky. So, as it rises in the east at sunset, the largest planet in the solar system will appear particularly large and dazzling.
Jupiter, which has 79 known moonswill "show" us the four largest stars, also known as Galilean satellites. These moons, which bear the Greek names Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, should be distinguishable as bright spots on either side of the gas giant.
Europe, a ice moonwhich contains a large hidden ocean, has emerged as the main focus of research into the possibility of life existing elsewhere in our solar system.
For this, the Clipper Europe will go to Jovian lua. Its launch is expected no earlier than 2024. In addition, Europe will launch the probe Jupiter Frozen Moons in April 2023 to study three of Galileo's moons.
Adam Kobelski, a research astrophysicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, said:
Out of the moon, it must be one of the [se não o] brighter objects in the night sky. With good binoculars, the tracks and three or four Galilean satellites [ou luas] it must be visible.
For the more curious and enthusiastic about astronomy, Kobelski recommends using a telescope with a focal length of at least four inches to see Jupiter's Great Red Spot and see the bands more clearly. This mythical spot, larger than Earth, is presumably the largest storm in the solar system, measuring about ten thousand kilometers with Wind gusts between 440 and 690 km / h.
As a curiosity, we can mention that the Great Red Spot has considerable depth, according to a recent analysis of NASA's Juno spacecraft. The storm is deep enough to extend from the ocean floor of the Earth to the International Space Station and is already twice the size of our planet.
Therefore, scientific and astronomical facts abound to pique the curiosity. When it passes close to Earth, Jupiter will be about 600 million kilometers away from our planet at its closest point. The furthest point from her is when she is 966 million kilometers from our blue dot!
Therefore, at dawn on Monday, as soon as the sun begins to disappear, Jupiter will appear brighter in the sky, even brighter than “our” Moon.
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