Saturn is approaching and reaching its closest possible distance to Earth tomorrow (8-sept-2024)!

The press service of the Moscow Planetarium revealed that Saturn will be about 1.3 billion kilometers from Earth on September 8, which is the closest possible distance.

It said: "Saturn will reach its closest distance to Earth on September 8 to find itself facing the sun. In clear weather, Earth's inhabitants will be able to examine it in detail."

She continued, saying: "On the day of the confrontation, September 8, 2024, Saturn will be at a distance of 8.66 astronomical units (about 1.3 billion kilometers) from Earth, knowing that the astronomical unit is a value equivalent to the distance between the Earth and the Sun."

It is worth noting that the confrontation of planets is a formation in which their centers are on a single line. At that time, the Earth will be between the Sun and the planet that is facing the star.

At this time, the brightness of Saturn will reach its highest possible value, and the apparent diameter of Saturn will be 19.2 arc seconds. The inhabitants of Earth will have a unique opportunity to examine it in detail. At midnight, it will reach its highest point in the sky.

Source RT (Russia Today) - https://bintjbeil.org/post/72439/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B2%D8%AD%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85