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Old 17-06-2020, 12:36 PM
glend (Glen)
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Looking forward to both!
Just out of curiosity - wouldn't any Great Conjunction be associated with near-simultaneous oppositions, and the closer to the conjunction the oppositions occur, the closer together they are between them? Must look into that...
Mirko, a conjunction is normally labelled as such from Earth based observers viewpoint, it does not necessarily mean that Saturn and Jupiter are in alignment with any other viewpoint. If you look at a planetary position website like Planetstoday you can move ahead to see the relative motions.
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