{"id":73810,"date":"2020-12-20T10:22:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T04:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=73810"},"modified":"2020-12-24T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T09:14:09","slug":"what-is-the-great-conjunction-of-saturn-and-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-great-conjunction-of-saturn-and-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great conjunction:-<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/christmas-star-saturn-jupiter-7110041\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0After nearly 400 years, Saturn and Jupiter will be brought closest in the night sky by an astronomical event called the \u201cgreat conjunction\u201d and popularly referred to as the \u201cChristmas Star\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Facts:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is Conjunction?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is the name given to any event where planets or asteroids appear to be very close together in the sky when viewed from the Earth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is Great Conjunction?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Astronomers use the term\u00a0great conjunction\u00a0to describe meetings of the two biggest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Great Conjunction happens once in about 20 years because of the time each of the planets take<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to orbit around the Sun.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why this\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">G<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">reat\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">C<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">onjunction<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is special?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The alignment:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Both the planets are casting the same angle with that reference\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">plane\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(Earth orbital plane).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Thus, the planets will come the closest to each other in nearly four centuries<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previous such Great Conjunction:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1623<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Great Conjunction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u2013 During the reign of Mughal emperor\u00a0Jahangir (Before\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji birth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1226<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Great Conjunction &#8211; A year before the death of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Time taken to orbit around the sun:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jupiter takes roughly 12 years to complete one lap around the Sun and Saturn takes 30 years (Saturn has a larger orbit and moves more slowly because it is not as strongly influenced by the Sun\u2019s gravitational force as planets that are closer to the Sun).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional Facts:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jupiter:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Jupiter\u2019s iconic Great Red Spot is a giant storm bigger than Earth that has raged for hundreds of years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Saturn<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: It is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system. Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great conjunction:- Source: The Indian Express News:\u00a0After nearly 400 years, Saturn and Jupiter will be brought closest in the night sky by an astronomical event called the \u201cgreat conjunction\u201d and popularly referred to as the \u201cChristmas Star\u201d.\u00a0 Facts:\u00a0 What is Conjunction? It is the name given to any event where planets or asteroids appear to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-great-conjunction-of-saturn-and-jupiter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the Great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1451],"tags":[1425],"class_list":["post-73810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","category-what","tag-st_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700206018},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}