Egypt Latest News – Egypt News: Astronomer Researcher: The conjunction of celestial bodies does not mean they are close to each other

Dr Muhammad Al-Sadiq, a researcher at the National Astronomical Research Institute, said that the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or other planets, means that they are rising simultaneously, and does not mean that they come closer, emphasizing that each celestial body has its own orbit and does not overlap.

“Al-Sadiq” added in a telephone interview with the program “Ninth” broadcast on Egyptian television’s Channel One, presented by the media, Dina Abdul Karim and Hussam al-Din Hussein on Friday, that sometimes the sunrise of the planets coincide with each other, which are astronomical phenomena that occur often and are measured in degrees before scholars.

And the National Astronomical Research Institute researcher said that in the case of planets that have glitter, such as the moon, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, where the moon’s brightness appears when coupled with them, but when the the moon is coupled with Mercury, the moon does not shine because it is a very weak planet The rest of the planets have very strong light and so the shining moon appears.

This, and the conjunction of the planets in the skies of Egypt and the Arab world was observed last Wednesday and Thursday, as the Jeddah Astronomical Society revealed in a report that, first, a conjunction will occur between the moon and Saturn on the morning of Wednesday March 10, when the 26-day moon will pass and the pinch illuminated by It is 11% separated from the planet of the rings, Saturn, at 3 degrees, and the moon’s luminosity will be -10, 4, while Saturn will be lower 0.6 and appear in the dawn sky about two hours before sunrise, and they will reach the highest point in the sky above the southeast horizon with the diffusion of morning light.

The conjunction occurred when two or more celestial bodies approach each other in the sky, as seen from the earth, and these bodies share the same rectilinear aspect or the longitude of the ecliptic.