The planet Neptune meets the sun and reaches the nearest point of the Earth

The planet Neptune arrives Monday, September 9 to be at 180 degrees from the sun in the sky of the earth and at the nearest point of our planet..

The Jeddah Astronomical Society revealed in a report that Neptune's presence at the nearest point conforms to astronomical standards, but does not actually mean that it is "near," explaining that Neptune is the eighth planet in terms of distance from the sun and 29 times the distance that separates the Earth from the sun in this meeting. Neptune at a distance of 28.93 astronomical units from Earth.

The report shows that the phenomenon of encounter with Neptune occurs whenever the earth crosses the sun and Neptune, while the blue planet is completely illuminated by the sunlight compared to any other time of the year and that It is in the dome of the sky all night long. It's the best time to see and photograph the planet At sunset, the highest point in the sky reaches at midnight and sets with the sunrise the next day.

The report continues: It is commonly known that a planet such as (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus) in the face of the sun is at the top of its luster and brightness, but this does not apply to the planet Neptune.

Neptune was recently discovered on September 23, 1846. It is the fourth largest planet in our solar system and the first to be discovered by arithmetic predictions. Its largest moon, Triton, was discovered 17 days after the discovery of the planet itself. The opposite direction of the rotation of Neptune on its axis and, for comparison, it takes 4 hours in the sunlight to reach Neptune, and reach the Earth in just 8 minutes. .

The report says: Neptune completes a cycle around the sun in 165 years, but it takes less than 16 hours to complete a cycle on its axis was named after the (symbol of the sea) according to Roman mythology, and the reason for its blue color is due to the abundance of methane in the atmosphere..