(819) Barnardiana
Also known as Barnardiana
astéroïde de la ceinture principale
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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
- Max Wolf
- Discovery site
- Heidelberg Observatory
- Discovery date
- 3 March 1916
- Alternative designations
- 1916 ZA
- Observation arc
- 111.49 yr (40722 d)
- Aphelion
- 2.5097 AU (375.45 Gm )
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(819) Barnardiana est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale découvert le 3 mars 1916 par l'astronome allemand Max Wolf. Sa désignation provisoire était 1916 ZA. Il fut nommé en honneur de Edward Emerson Barnard.
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