Get ready to look up in the sky in 2 days. September 26th marks the Jupiter Earth opposition. An opposition occurs when a planet is 180 degrees from the Sun. This means that the Earth is between the Sun and the planetary body. This is possible only for planets that are beyond ours. For Jupiter, an opposition occurs every 13 months. But, this year, it is closer to Earth than it has been in over 50 years!
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| An image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot using data from JunoCam imager onboard the Juno spacecraft. Credits: Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS |
In other news, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest ever image of Neptune with its rings! The planet being on the far end of our Solar System has not been visited by many satellites. This means our information about it is the least. But the telescope's near-infrared camera just took us a step closer to visiting and understanding the planet. Also pictured are its moons.
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| Neptune, its rings and its moons captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Image Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScl. Image Processing Credits: Joseph DePasquale (STScl) |
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