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The biggest planet in the solar system is outshining every star in the night sky, and later this month, it will do something that hasn’t happened since JFK was president.
The best nights of all of 2022 to see Jupiter in the night sky are about to take place as the planet takes center stage in the night sky, a showing unlike any other in nearly six decades.
The sun, Earth, and Jupiter will nearly align perfectly in the solar system on Monday, Sept. 26, during an event that happens once every 13 months called the Jupiter opposition. This is also around the same time that the gas giant is closest to the Earth.
Just one day before opposition, Jupiter will be around 367 million miles away from the Earth, the closest the two planets have been in 59 years, according to NASA. The last time that Jupiter was this close was in 1963 when John F. Kennedy was President of the United States.
Although the nights of Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 will be the best nights of 2022 to view Jupiter, stargazers will have plenty of time to see the planet shine in all its glory.
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