Egypt – The Astronomical Society in Jeddah: The moon is joined to the planet Saturn in a scene that adorns the sky of the Arab world

(MENAFN – Youm7) By observing the sky of Egypt and the Arab world before sunrise this morning, Tuesday April 6, 2021, the occurrence of the moon in conjunction with the planet Saturn, the jewel of the solar system, and they will be arranged in a celestial triangle with Jupiter in a phenomenon easily visible to the naked eye, which is an ideal opportunity for astronomical photography.

The Jeddah Astronomical Society said in a report that Saturn is the second largest planet after Jupiter, its diameter is 9 times the diameter of Earth, and like Jupiter, Saturn is made of gas, mostly hydrogen, and of helium, and it is the sixth planet in terms of distance from the sun, and it is the farthest planet in our solar system can be seen easily with the naked eye as a point of gold.

The report explains that Saturn is known as the jewel of the solar system, the Lord of the Rings and the King of the Rings due to its wonderful ring system which can only be seen through telescopes as the main ring covers approximately the distance between the Earth and the Moon, which is only a kilometer thick, and unlike the rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, Saturn is And the buyer does not have solid surfaces on which ones to stand.

By observing the position of the moon at the same time each day, he will notice that its movement is eastward in relation to the stars and planets in the zodiac circle – each hour the moon crosses about half a degree towards the l is, and each day, the moon cuts 13 degrees in front of the constellations of the zodiac.

The next morning (Wednesday April 7), he will notice that the moon has moved away from Saturn, heading east towards Jupiter, which is its natural motion in its orbit around the Earth.

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