Oleg Zabluda's blog
Thursday, October 27, 2011
 
Jupiter is at opposition in the Aries on October 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Jupiter is at opposition in the Aries on October 28 at 7:00 p.m. PDT, the closest opposition till 2022. It's 7 months after perihelion. Mag -2.9, almost 1 arcmin across.
Jupiter came nearest to Earth for 2011 on October 27 at 12 p.m. PDT. It was only 369 million miles (594 million km) away.
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2011/10/26/jupiter-closest-to-earth-this-week-and-a-splendid-sight/


Look back at Earth from Jupiter at Opposition
https://picasaweb.google.com/112065430692128821190/Astronomy#5668294494521881378
The star near Saturn is Spica

Jupiter at Opposition:
https://picasaweb.google.com/112065430692128821190/Astronomy#5668291036785890658
https://picasaweb.google.com/112065430692128821190/Astronomy#5668294495733528226
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2011/10/26/jupiter-closest-to-earth-this-week-and-a-splendid-sight/

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