Jupiter has a whopping 16 moons, but the rare alignment of the 3 biggest moons, showing the shadows on Jupiter’s surface from our perspective, holds great wonder for space enthusiasts. According to experts, we won’t get to see it again until 2032. While we marvel at lunar and solar eclipses, this triple eclipse across the face of the gas giant would be awesome, if it were possible to view it from the perspective looking out from the surface of Jupiter. What is called a Triple Jovian Eclipse occurs on Jupiter, created by a lineup of three Galilean moons: Europa, Callista and Io.
The next one should occur around 2030 to 2040, so let’s hope we’re around to see it live. The weight of the water in the atmosphere causes the storms, resulting in the cooling of the upper atmosphere which gets so cold that it takes 20 – 30 years to trigger the next storm. The intensity of the thunder and lightning grows as the water condenses, creating storms that are said to be 10,000 times stronger than the ones we have on Earth. The storm measures half the diameter of Earth, with approximately 10 string lightning bolts happening every second, with lengths of 10,000 miles, vaporizing water content in Saturn’s atmosphere. The massive storm formation is filled with clouds that are rich in ammonia, complete with violent thunder and lightning. That is, from a specific location, as you can view a Total Solar Eclipse from some place on the Earth once in every 18 months, which means 2 total eclipses of the Sun for every 3 years.Īlso called Great White Spots, these storms occur every 20 – 30 years on the northern hemisphere of Saturn, when it’s most tilted toward the Sun. was in 2017 and astronomers estimate that we will be waiting until 2045 before we see the next one. While Solar Eclipses can be seen a few times per year it’s very rare to experience a Total Solar Eclipse. During a total eclipse, the Earth is thrown into darkness as though night has returned for a few brief minutes, which is confusing for animals and insects, if not humans. With annular and partial solar eclipses, the Moon is only blocking part of the Sun. Using special glasses to view it, you can see a black disk blocking the Sun. When the New Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, casting the darkest part of its shadow on earth, it’s called a Total Solar Eclipse. Who Discovered It: Ancient Chinese Astronomers If any pieces don’t get drawn to the Sun they could become future meteors. These chunks floated away from each other leaving particles in their wake, travelling slowly. The intensity of the rotation increased gradually until it splintered into approximately 10 large pieces that were said to weigh about 200,000 tons. This might seem like an overreaction, but when the rays of the Sun shone on this comet, they caused it to spin out of control. Asteroid P/2013 R3 appeared to spontaneously obliterate itself unexpectedly when it was slowly pulled apart by the gradual effects of sunlight. Usually too small and difficult to locate, comets are fragile and can be smashed into pieces when colliding or moving too close to massive bodies. The Hubble Space Telescope captured a rare event in 2013, when a comet seemed to randomly disintegrate. We observe the comet as a white streak in the bottom right corner, flying towards the sun, which is obscured by a red circle in order to capture this image.
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We’ve all heard the saying, “Once in a Blue Moon”, which denotes a long time in between events, however 2 years isn’t too long to wait for that special time when the full Moon visits us twice in one month. Other anomalies can make the Moon appear blue, like the one that happened in 1883, when the volcano at Krakatoa threw up ash after exploding.Ī Super Blue Moon is when the Moon is closer to the Earth in its orbit, appearing much brighter than usual and when it’s in the Earth’s shadow, it’s called a Blood Moon, due to taking on a reddish tint. Although it’s not technically blue, the Moon can appear to be blue when our atmosphere contains coloring particles. Said to return every 2 years, it’s the second full moon in a calendar month, with a gap of 29 days. The last Blue Moon occurred on March 31 st in 2018, with the next one occurring in the Spring of 2019. Who Discovered It: Philip Hiscock in Sky and Telescope (Naming it a Blue Moon)
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