Monday night (December 1, 2008) there was a bright cosmic frown in the sky. The planets Jupiter and Venus briefly aligned forming two eyes and a moon forming a smiling mouth.
Jupiter is much larger than Venus, it appeared dimmer, because the latter planet is so much closer to Earth.Plus, Jupiter is much farther away from the sun than Venus, so the light bouncing off it is much less intense than the light bouncing off Venus, which hasn't had to travel so far.
It is called a planetary conjunction, the two planets -the brightest in the night sky -appeared extremely close. They won't be this close together and well-placed for viewing again until May 2013.
Smiling Moon : Planets Align in a Frown
4 Responses to Smiling Moon : Planets Align in a Frown
opp! i missed it all completely to watch the moon at that night
is it true?
if it is then why shouldn't i sawed it?
rally a bad miss
Is that real?! That day is my birthday but I'm not lucky to witness that cool thing. sigh..
in this huge wrold hardly anybody must have thought that it might be a jupiter or planet or any thing else.but i bet lots of people must have thought it was just an star and nothing else.....