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If you can ever see Jupiter’s largest moons without a telescope, Sept. 25-26 will be the night.
See Part II of this series here.
Can you see Jupiter’s moons with the naked eye? On the night of Sept. 25-26, your chances of seeing them are pretty much as good as they get. And whether you see them or not, in just trying you will be observing a phenomenon that has multiple connections to Church history.
On Sunday night (Sept. 25) and early Monday morning (Sept. 26) Jupiter will be close to the Earth — about four times more distant from us than is the sun. (Astronomers would say that Jupiter will be about 4 astronomical units, or AU, from Earth). By contrast, in January Jupiter was six times as far from us as the sun (6 AU). The changing distance is caused by Earth’s orbital motion carrying us around the sun. As we orbit, we draw closer to and farther from Jupiter each year.
Continued below.
This Sunday Night, See Jupiter’s Moons and See Church History
See Part II of this series here.
Can you see Jupiter’s moons with the naked eye? On the night of Sept. 25-26, your chances of seeing them are pretty much as good as they get. And whether you see them or not, in just trying you will be observing a phenomenon that has multiple connections to Church history.
On Sunday night (Sept. 25) and early Monday morning (Sept. 26) Jupiter will be close to the Earth — about four times more distant from us than is the sun. (Astronomers would say that Jupiter will be about 4 astronomical units, or AU, from Earth). By contrast, in January Jupiter was six times as far from us as the sun (6 AU). The changing distance is caused by Earth’s orbital motion carrying us around the sun. As we orbit, we draw closer to and farther from Jupiter each year.
Continued below.
This Sunday Night, See Jupiter’s Moons and See Church History
