As you all know 2021 has ended , and we are in 2022 . So , this year must have something special about it shouldn’t it . Like all the other years have something. Yes it has , for the space interested people it is a whole heaven . So grab your notebook or calendar and note all the dates , don’t miss them . So now I will tell you about the upcoming astronomical events in 2022 …
The first rare astronomical event is –
1 ) Meteor Showers – Meteor showers are like light bulbs on a dark night . Among them the most important ones are the Perseid meteor shower and Geminids meteor shower. Meteor showers occur when the comets in the Sun's orbit come towards Earth’s direction and face each other. Because Earth is in front of the sun the comets blast because of extreme heat as they are made of dirt and ice. Which causes our eyes to see broken pieces of comets as beautiful meteors falling from above.Perseid Meteor Shower, that's the first miracle.You will be able to see the Perseid meteor shower on 12/13 August and in which, in 1 minute there will be 1 meteor. So that means in 1 hour there would be 60 meteors for you to enjoy. There’s just one problem: it is a full moon on that day, so maybe you would not be able to see some of the meteors. But don’t worry the meteor showers would be so bright that you would be able to see them without any instrument. By the way, these showers would be created in the Perseus constellation but keep your eyes aware you can see them anywhere.
The second shower you will be seeing is Geminids Meteor Shower. You can see the shower on 14/15 December. Under the clear sky, there would be no problem seeing them. The Kings Meteor Shower/Shooting Stars is the third shower. But this one is special. This meteor shower is a shower which includes 120 multi-coloured meteors in 1 hour. It is on 13/14 December.
And don’t think that there are only these three , there are 7 more meteor showers this year . The dates are April 22 – Lyrid Meteor Shower, May 6 – Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, July 29,30 – Delta Meteor Shower, September 1 – Aurigid Meteor Shower, October 7,9- Draconid Meteor Shower, October 21,22 – Orionid Meteor Shower, November 17,18 – Leonid Meteor Shower
All you need to do to see these meteor showers is, you just need to take a little time out of your busy lives and see these beautiful showers with family and friends.
The second rare astronomical event is –
Planetary Conjunction. This is when two planets come in a line and meet each other .
The Planetary Conjunctions That Will Occur Are- May 29 – Mars-Jupiter Conjunction, March 5 – Jupiter At Solar Conjunction, April 12 – Jupiter–Neptune Conjunction, February 13–Venus-Mars Conjunction(Gone)
The third rare astronomical event is Occultation. This is when, between Earth and some other planet, the moon comes in between them and we are not able to see that planet . But there’s a problem, we would be able to see this from only Eastern – Africa and some parts of Asia.
One Occlusion we would be able to see is – The Lunar Occultation Of Venus on May 26 and 27.
The fourth rare astronomical event is -
Retrograde Motion Of Planet – In simple terms it means the rotation of planets in opposite directions. As we know planets can’t move in opposite directions then how does this happen? Indeed planets can't rotate in opposite directions but as we know, the closer the planet is, the faster it rotates. So as we (Earth) pass a slow rotating planet, we see that it is rotating in the opposite direction but it's just an illusion to our eyes.
The dates of the retrograde motion are –June 4 – Saturn in Retrograde motion, October 30 – Mars in Retrograde motion,July 28 – Jupiter in Retrograde motion, November 23 – Jupiter ends retrograde motion
These are the space miracles happening in 2022. Amazing isn't it? Well it's amazing for me. As a person interested in space, this is just great! I am going to witness all these.
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