Earth's population witnesses the passage of the giant planet behind the sun today

The house of the Qatari calendar will witness the phenomenon of external coupling of the giant solar system "buyer" with the sun, because it will pass directly behind the sun on Monday the 18th of the month of Rabi Al Awal 1440 H corresponding to November 26, 2018, new hours and a minute Thirty-eight in the morning, Doha time.

According to Dr. Bashir Marzouk, astronomer at the Qatar Calendar House, the phenomenon of Jupiter's external coupling is an important astronomical phenomenon, as it is an indication of its transition from its appearance in the evening sky (above 39). west horizon) after its sunset until its appearance in the morning sky.

It is known that during the external pairing phenomenon of the buyer, the center of each of the three celestial bodies (the sun, the earth and the buyer) is in a straight line, and the sun will be at middle between the buyer and the earth, knowing that Jupiter will spend this day behind the sun for the observatory from the surface of the earth. About half a semicircle about the center of the Sun, so that all the inhabitants of the Earth can not watch or see the buyer that day.

He added d. Residents of the State of Qatar will be able to see and monitor the buyer with the naked eye over the eastern horizon in the early morning sky. the sunrise during the second half of December. On Sunday, in addition to the sunset and sunrise, Jupiter Monday will be at the same time sunset and sunrise almost over the skies of Qatar.

It is worth mentioning that when the external coupling phenomenon of the buyer will reach the farthest point of the earth, because it will be at a distance of 6.35 astronomical units, and the astronomical unit of 1, 49 million kilometers.
It should be noted that the latest phenomenon of association from outside Jupiter took place on October 26, while it will happen again on December 27, 2019.

The phenomenon of conjugation is defined as the appearance of three celestial bodies on a straight line in the sky, two types of external coupling, occurring on all the planets of our solar system, an internal coupling, and occurs only on the planets of Mercury and Venus.

This means that the duration of the day on the surface of the buyer is the shortest day for the other planets, on a surface of about 10 hours, the duration of which the buyer needs to perform a complete cycle around him, The buyer is followed by 67 satellites, including the satellite group Galileo (AIO, Europe, Ganymede and Calisto).