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  2. See Jupiter as it makes closest approach to Earth in 59 years

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    The best nights of all of 2022 to see Jupiter in the night sky are about to take place as the planet takes center stage in the night sky, a showing unlike any other in nearly six decades. The sun ...

  3. Opposition (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    At that time, a body is: in apparent retrograde motion [2] visible almost all night – rising around sunset, culminating around midnight, and setting around sunrise [3] at the point in its orbit where it is roughly closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter [4] nearly completely sunlit; the planet shows a full phase, analogous to a ...

  4. Great conjunction - Wikipedia

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    The spacing between the planets varies from conjunction to conjunction with most events being 0.5 to 1.3 degrees (30 to 78 arcminutes, or 1 to 2.5 times the width of a full moon). Very close conjunctions happen much less frequently (though the maximum of 1.3° is still close by inner planet standards): separations of less than 10 arcminutes ...

  5. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Rotation period with respect to distant stars, the sidereal rotation period (compared to Earth's mean Solar days) Synodic rotation period (mean Solar day) Apparent rotational period viewed from Earth Sun [i] 25.379995 days (Carrington rotation) 35 days (high latitude) 25 d 9 h 7 m 11.6 s 35 d ~28 days (equatorial) [2] Mercury: 58.6462 days [3 ...

  6. Jupiter closest to Earth in 59 years tonight - AOL

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    Sep. 26—Jupiter is closer to the Earth than it has been since 1963, meaning the solar system's largest planet will be exceptionally bright in the sky tonight. Every 13 months, the planet reaches ...

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  8. FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

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    The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]

  9. Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest they’ve been in 800 ...

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