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Appulses of Jupiter and Saturn

Popular Physics 2021-05-07 v1

Abstract

The latest conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurred at an optical distance of 6 arc minutes on 21 December 2020. We re-analysed all encounters of these two planets between -1000 and +3000 CE, as the extraordinary ones (<10^{\prime}) take place near the line of nodes every 400 years. An occultation of their discs did not and will not happen within the historical time span of ±\pm5,000 years around now. When viewed from Neptune though, there will be an occultation in 2046.

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@article{arxiv.2105.02553,
  title  = {Appulses of Jupiter and Saturn},
  author = {Joachim Gripp and Emil Khalisi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.02553},
  year   = {2021}
}

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3 pages, 3 figs, 1 table