المملكة: "Master of the rings".. Saturn will reach the nearest point of the Earth tonight

Engineer Majid Abu Zahra, President of The Astronomical Society in Jeddah , that Saturn. By 1.7 degrees compared to the rest of the year." target ="_Blank"> Saturn and its moons, as the Earth is on the same side of the sun as the planet, which makes the vision clearer and more distinctive compared to conjugation periods. Saturn will appear over the eastern horizon after sunset, to reach the highest point in the sky in the middle of the night, before it sets in the southwest with the sunrise, to remain seen throughout the night. The episodes, along with the possibility of monitoring a number of large satellites. He also pointed out that the phenomenon of “Sielger’s effect” increases the shine of the rings for a few days near the meeting as a result of the reflection of the sun’s rays on the ice particles formed for them. Soon, it ends due to the speed of the movement of the earth “29 km /s” compared to the “9 km /s” Saturn. Mars meets almost every two years, while the buyer is delayed one month every year, and Saturn is late two weeks annually. From 80 certain satellites, 62 satellites were named. He added that this astronomical event constitutes an invitation to discover the beauty of the solar system and meditate on the greatness of the sky and the wonders it contains.

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