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The Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter

The Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter

by Morris Yoder | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021, 03, March, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Conjunction, Planets, The Heavens Declare God's Glory

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Photo © Morris Yoder. Jupiter and Saturn appear to pass each other in the sky about once every twenty years. When this happens, astronomers call it a great conjunction. In the early 1600s, Johannes Kepler was noticing one of these...

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