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NASA probe snaps ‘great conjunction’ photo of Jupiter and Saturn from the moon – Space.com
Behold, the view from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter!
(Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
A moon-orbiting probe got a stunning up-close view of the “great conjunction
” of Jupiter and Saturn from Earth’s rocky satellite.
Monday (Dec. 21), Jupiter
and Saturn
appeared closer in the night sky than they had in about 800 years during what’s known as a “great conjunction.” People all around the globe watched and photographed the planets, which looked almost like a single, bright “star” in the sky. However, us Earthlings weren’t the only…
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