The Moon and Jupiter
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squarethecircle
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As the moon has been waxing to full Jupiter has been chasing it across the sky. Why then was it ahead and to the south of it last night?
- 7 months ago
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squarethecircle
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Gillian_Marktoo
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squarethecircle:
Since Jupiter isn't actually chasing the Moon.... Or how about the Earth sped past Jupiter causing it to look as if it moved, when in reality - all 3 objects are moving and the Earth just so happened to move a little faster along it's own orbit before you noticed.
- 7 months ago
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Gillian_Marktoo
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squarethecircle
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Gillian_Marktoo:
been paying pretty close attention. Last night Jupiter pulled way past the Moon. It just seemed odd that it stayed in relatively the same relation for at least four days then in the last two has appeared to move much faster...just interesting.
- 7 months ago
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squarethecircle
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attilatheblond
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Thanks for the reminder to go outside and look at a bigger picture. Good for the soul (and blood pressure)
Moon and Jupiter dance has been a joy to watch this week.
- 7 months ago
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attilatheblond
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pjacobs51
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I watched these two bodies rise in the evening sky tonight . . .
Awesome!
- 7 months ago
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pjacobs51
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EthicalVegan
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Oh, wow! On my drive home, I thought that was Venus. I love when we can see some of the other planets, as well, sans binoculars.
- 7 months ago
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EthicalVegan
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jpvt
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EthicalVegan:
Venus's orbit is inside of Earth's orbit so you will never see Venus at night. You can only observe Venus (and Mercury) just before dawn or just after sunset. Because they are closer to the sun than we are they are always in our sky when the Sun is in the sky, only the Sun is too bright to see either planet during the day, that's why you have to catch them right before or right after the Sun rises or sets. Also if you look at Venus through a telescope over a series of days you will see that it goes though phases (relative to us on Earth) like the Moon. This is, of course, because it is inside our orbit so we can observe the parts of the planet facing the sun and the parts facing away.
- 7 months ago
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jpvt
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KB723
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Ha!!! I saw that this evening and thought it was Venus... Thanks Haruko... =)
- 7 months ago
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KB723
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HarukoHaruhara
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KB723:
That's Jupes. You can tell because it has a little orange tint to it. Which doesn't show in this image.
- 7 months ago
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HarukoHaruhara
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KB723
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HarukoHaruhara:
Cool, now I know... =)
- 7 months ago
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KB723
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Lisayou
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WOW Beautiful!
- 7 months ago
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Lisayou
