03:20 PM
Saturday 05 March 2022
Books – Youssef Afifi:
The Jeddah Astronomical Society revealed the details of an astronomical phenomenon in the sky of the Arab world and the world, represented in the passage of Jupiter near the sun this Saturday evening.
The association said, on its official page on Facebook, that Jupiter passes close to the sun – from our perspective on Earth – at 04:55 pm Mecca time (01:55 pm GMT) and will separate them 0 ° 58 “and this will make it completely unobserved for several Weeks where it will be obscured in the glare of the sun.
And the Jeddah Astronomical Society indicated that Jupiter will be on the far side of the solar system for us from Earth as well as at the farthest point at a distance of 893,099,288 km (since the two planets are on opposite sides of the solar system).
And she continued: If Jupiter might be observed at this time, its apparent size would be small, with a diameter of 31.3 arc seconds, and it would be faint due to the large distance.
Over the following weeks, Jupiter will gradually reappear in the dawn sky, and following regarding 6 months it will reach the opposite state where it will be visible all night at that time.
And the Jeddah Astronomical Society warned once morest trying to use binoculars or telescopes to monitor Jupiter at the present time due to its proximity to the sun, and this is dangerous because the sun may become in the field of view of these devices, which may cause eye damage.
