Venus and Jupiter Snuggle Up

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on March 14, 2012
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Tomorrow night, the planets Venus and Jupiter will be very close to each other in the night sky–3 degrees apart, which is about the width of two fingers held at arm’s length. These two planets are the brightest ones visible to the eye. When planets line up in the sky, it is called a conjuction. Although the planets may look like they are close together, they are really more than 448 million miles apart from each other.

Read more about the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on National Geographic News.

See planet pictures on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph by Laurent Laveder, TWAN

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Comments

  1. lovelypanda
    March 16, 2012, 2:26 am

    My my! I think that is very interesting and is beautiful to see! And did you know…(ready for the surprise!?)Pluto is not a planet! MY favorite planet is Venus, what a coincidence! Saturn and Jupiter are very beautiful planets. AND I LIVE ON THE PLANET EARTH! HELP SAVE THE EARTH BY RECYCLING AND SAVING ELECTRICITY! Well, I guess that’s all I have to say..goodbye! :) :O

  2. ILovePiano
    March 16, 2012, 4:21 am

    Wow. Will we be able to see that in Indonesia too?

  3. katherinecheung
    March 16, 2012, 7:55 am

    Awesome! But will anything really happen to US then?

  4. barnowl24601
    April 2, 2012, 8:53 pm

    That’s a really nice picture!
    it is cool that jupiter and saturn are that close together!

    Barnowl24601:)

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