{"id":6189,"date":"2021-02-10T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:00:53","slug":"a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spectacularly Rare \u2018Christmas Star\u2019 Is Coming In December As Two Worlds Align After Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth\u2019s night sky than they have been since the … [+] Middle Ages. getty If you managed to see the crescent Moon pass Jupiter and Saturn this week, you\u2019ll have noticed something else about the Solar System\u2019s two largest planets. They\u2019re now really, really close to each other, and on December 21, 2020\u2014the date of the December solstice\u2014they\u2019re going to almost appear to collide to become one super-bright point of light. Jupiter and Saturn will look like a \u201cdouble planet\u201d for first time since Middle Ages.\u00a0 MORE FROM FORBESWhat Are Those Three Bright ‘Stars’ Visible At Dusk Each Night? This Is What You’re SeeingBy Jamie Carter In reality, of course, they won\u2019t be close at all. Think about the distance from the Earth to the Sun. That\u2019s what astronomers call an astronomical unit (au), and it\u2019s how they measure distances in the vastness of the Solar System. Jupiter is 5 au from us. Saturn is 10 au. These two planets aligned in the Solar System a few weeks ago, but on December 21 they\u2019ll ap… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth\u2019s night sky than they have been since the … [+] Middle Ages. getty If you managed to see the crescent Moon pass Jupiter and Saturn this week, you\u2019ll have noticed something else about the Solar System\u2019s two largest planets. They\u2019re now really, really close to each…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":6190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Spectacularly Rare \u2018Christmas Star\u2019 Is Coming In December As Two Worlds Align After Sunset - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Spectacularly Rare \u2018Christmas Star\u2019 Is Coming In December As Two Worlds Align After Sunset - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth\u2019s night sky than they have been since the ... [+] Middle Ages. getty If you managed to see the crescent Moon pass Jupiter and Saturn this week, you\u2019ll have noticed something else about the Solar System\u2019s two largest planets. They\u2019re now really, really close to each…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T11:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Carter\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"The Daily Herald\",\"description\":\"Your Super Aggregated News, Blog & Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6189-a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset.jpg\",\"width\":1199,\"height\":771,\"caption\":\"A Spectacularly Rare \\u2018Christmas Star\\u2019 Is Coming In December As Two Worlds Align After Sunset\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/\",\"name\":\"A Spectacularly Rare \\u2018Christmas Star\\u2019 Is Coming In December As Two Worlds Align After Sunset - The Daily Herald\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-10T11:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T11:00:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f5e1991596293bfd7b923f86295b7085\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/a-spectacularly-rare-christmas-star-is-coming-in-december-as-two-worlds-align-after-sunset\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f5e1991596293bfd7b923f86295b7085\",\"name\":\"Jamie Carter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d7927f416add840cf55d63cdb100a33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jamie Carter\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}