By Amudalat Ajasa
...Venus, (click here) the most illuminated planet, and Jupiter, the gas giant, will look like two orbs nearly touching — separated by less than 1 degree in the night sky. Conjunctions occur when two planets, a planet and a star, or a planet and the Moon appear from Earth to be nearly grazing each other. But this conjunction is different because of the closeness of the planets.
If you were to stretch out your hand and hold your pinkie out against the night sky, “you couldn’t fit your pinkie between these planets, they’re so close,” said NASA ambassador Tony Rice. “They don’t get this close very often.”...
