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The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn | DW | 21.12.2020
Keywords: Jupiter, Saturn, Jupiter Saturn Rendezvous 2020,
See these awesome pictures of the starry skies and the rendezvous between Jupiter and Saturn as seen from earth in December 2020 to remind us of our place in the vast Milky Way and outer space. Jupiter takes 12 years to circle the sun, Saturn 30 years they came this close in 1623. As Giles Sparrow points out in his book "21 Stars in The Milky Way," ther are 200 billion stars, and distances are vast beyond comprehension. Thousands of years for light travelling at 300,000 kilometres a second to get to earth from distant stars in The Milky Way! Think of that and there is so little we know at this time of the pandemic about so many things!
The Meeting between Jupiter and Saturn visible in the night skies in December 2020, first since 1623
12/22/2020
Pictures from Kansas and southern Spain to Antalya, Turkey in the night skies as shown in The Guardian and DW.com. An interview by DW.com with Giles Sparrow who tells us about 21 stars out of 200 billion in The Milky Way and beyond. Man and earth a small piece, very small, in this vast planetary system about which we know so little. These pictures and words have more meaning during the pandemic.
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