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jeffdanielk
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jeffdanielk asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 5 months ago

How many degrees apart in the sky will Jupiter and Saturn be at their closest approach? ?

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  • cosmo
    Lv 7
    5 months ago
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    0.1° is 6 minutes of  arc.  About as far as two craters on the Moon that are more-or-less in the same part of the lunar surface.

    The human eye can resolve 1 minute of arc, so 6x further apart than that.

  • Anonymous
    5 months ago

    About 0.1 degrees, so about a third the width of the full moon.

  • CarolOkla
    Lv 7
    5 months ago

    0.1° or 10 seconds of arc, 1/3 or less the width of a full Moon. 

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/04/j...

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