Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades: The gas giant Jupiter is coming the closest it has come to Earth in 59 years this Monday and will be particularly visible because it coincides with another event called opposition. When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, so you could draw a straight line from the sun to Earth to Jupiter, all in alignment. Looking from the Earth, when the sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east, directly opposite. During opposition, planets appear at their biggest and brightest. "Jupiter is so bright and brilliant that a really nice thing about it is even in a city, in the middle of a bright city, you can see it," says Alphonse Sterling, a NASA astrophysicist at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "So I would say that it's a good thing to take advantage of and to look at no matter where you're at." The Galilean (the term comes from Galileo Galilei, who discovered them more than 400 years ago) satellites are among Jupiter's 53 named moons, though scientists have found 79 in total. The next time Jupiter will come this close will be in 2129. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/25/1124167790/jupiter-closest-earth-opposition-nasa I normally am not into numbers, but these may have some meaning. mark h lane www.biblenumbersforlife.com: Jupiter--the Messiah: The spiritual numbers related to the scientific dimensions of planet Jupiter: Jupiter, with its red spot in its side, is a symbol of the Messiah: wounded for our transgressions. Way cool! Funny it's Dan's birthday, he's full of gas as well! TR
• Surface area relative to the Earth: 120 which means “Man of Peace”
• Mass relative to the Earth: 318 which means “Son of Man”
• Volume relative to the Earth: 1,321 which means “Man of Truth”
• Inclination of planet orbital plane: 1.305° which means “Peace of the Saint’s Assembly”
• Distance to the Sun relative to the Earth: 5.2 which means “Gospel Worker”
. Planet G- forces to equal to the Earth: 2.53 which means “Mystery of Death”
• Years to orbit the Sun: 11.9 which means “Loves the Word of God” (119)
• Number of days to rotate on axis: 2.42 which means “Light of the World”
• Eccentricity of planet’s orbit: 1.1 which means “Mystery” (11)
• Planet’s axial tilt: 3° which means “God” (3) or “Truth” (3) or “Strength”
Jupiter is the 8th celestial body (including the Moon & Ceres7) in the Solar system and the 7th not counting the Sun. The meaning of 8 is "Beginning" and the meaning of 7 is "The End," so Jupiter represents Messiah: THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
