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The most recent great conjunction occurred on 21 December 2020, and the next will occur on 4 November 2040. During the 2020 great conjunction, the two planets were separated in the sky by 6 arcminutes at their closest point, which was the closest distance between the two planets since 1623. [ 12 ]
March 20, 2020 06:21 Mars 0°42' south of Jupiter 67.4° West March 31, 2020 11:56 Mars 0°55' south of Saturn 70.6° West April 3, 2020 16:17 Mercury 1°24' south of Neptune 25.9° West May 22, 2020 08:44 Mercury 0°53' south of Venus 18.4° East June 12, 2020 13:18 Mars 1°44' south of Neptune 91.5° east December 21, 2020 18:20 [1] Jupiter 0 ...
Total solar eclipse. 2027 August 7. Asteroid (137108) 1999 AN 10 will pass within 388,960 km (0.0026 AU) of Earth. 2028 January 12. Partial lunar eclipse. 2028 January 26. Small annular solar eclipse. 2028 July 22. A total solar eclipse will be visible across Australia, including Sydney, and New Zealand.
On April 4, 2024, four planets will align on the same side of the sun as Earth. ... The last time all eight planets were aligned was on Dec. 28, 2022. On Jan. 18, 2025, there will be six planets ...
There are several types of planetary alignments. They include: Mini planetary alignment – 3 planets. Small planetary alignment – 4 planets. Large planetary alignment – 5 or 6 planets. Great ...
In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft appear to be close to each other in the sky. This means they have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth. [1][2] When two objects always appear close to the ecliptic —such as two planets, the Moon and a planet ...
This list of exoplanets discovered in 2021 is a list of confirmed exoplanets that were first observed in 2021. For exoplanets detected only by radial velocity, the listed value for mass is a lower limit. See Minimum mass for more information. Temp. (K) Host star temp.
On 27 December 2021, at 60 hours after launch, Webb's rockets fired for nine minutes and 27 seconds to make the second of three mid-course corrections for the telescope to arrive at its L 2 destination. [201] On 28 December 2021, three days after launch, mission controllers began the multi-day deployment of Webb's all-important sunshield.