Picture of the Day · NASA
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
2026-06-07
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.
© Marek Nikodem (PPSAE) · via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Robert Luther
- Discovery date
- 1 March 1854
- Pronunciation
- / b ɛ ˈ l oʊ n ə /
- Named after
- Bellona
- Alternative designations
- 1951 CC 2
- Minor planet category
- Main belt
Article · Nederlands
(28) Bellona is een grote planetoïde in de planetoïdengordel tussen de banen van de planeten Mars en Jupiter. Bellona heeft een diameter van ongeveer 120,9 km en draait in 4,63 jaar om de zon, in een ellipsvormige baan die bijna 10° helt ten opzichte van de ecliptica. Tijdens haar omloop varieert de afstand tussen de planetoïde en de zon tussen de 2,366 en 3,190 astronomische eenheden.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA