After the moon, they are the two brightest objects in the night sky, and for the next few evenings they will appear side-by-side in western skies in a dazzling heavenly spectacle. Though Jupiter is seven times farther from Earth than Venus, the planets' orbits bring them into close approach on Tuesday evening, when they will appear only three degrees, or a few finger-widths, apart.
From Tuesday, the planets will gradually move apart, but remain within five degrees of one another until Saturday, after which their next heavenly meeting in fully dark skies will be on June Venus , the second rock from the sun, appears by far the brighter of the two, because it receives and reflects more intense sunlight than reaches Jupiter, the fifth planet out, beyond the orbit of Mars.
Even when the sky is still a deep twilight blue, you'll see a dazzling white Venus with Jupiter just to the left. Listen to today's episode of StarDate on the web the same day it airs in high-quality streaming audio without any extra ads or announcements.
Skip to main content. But there are more differences than similarities. Script by Damond Benningfield. Type New subscriber. Second, Venus has an extremely reflective atmosphere. The albedo scale ranges from zero reflecting no light to one reflecting all light. Venus in real colors from the Mariner 10 space probe. February 5, Even though Jupiter is hundreds of millions of miles away, in the outer part of our solar system, it is still the second brightest planet, due not only to its own high albedo, but also its size.
This celestial alignment happens once every 10 to 15 months. Both Venus and Jupiter are bright enough to be seen even before the sun fully sets. Marvel at the autumn night sky. The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will appear to almost touch each other in the western sky around sunset, creating a brilliant spectacle.
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