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Reading like a who’s who of state tournament contenders – if not favorites – the top four teams at the conclusion of Ignacio’s 47th Butch Melton Memorial Invitational on Saturday would have been impos...
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Where to converge to observe The Great Conjunction in the Midlands WLTX © Provided by WLTX-TV Columbia The Great Convergence (GC) of Saturn and Jupiter happens only once every 20 years, so naturally it's going to happen at the end of 2020 -- on the day of the Winter Solstice. During the GC, the orbits of the Solar System's largest gaseous planets make them appear to converge at the same spot in the sky, even though the planets remain millions of miles apart. At their closest, Jupiter and Saturn, visually, will be only 0.1 degree apart. Jupiter will be low in the southwes...
Updated: 10:42 AM EST December 17, 2020 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Great Convergence (GC) of Saturn and Jupiter happens only once every 20 years, so naturally it's going to happen at the end of 2020 -- on the day of the Winter Solstice. During the GC, the orbits of the Solar System's largest gaseous planets make them appear to converge at the same spot in the sky, even though the planets remain millions of miles apart. At their closest, Jupiter and Saturn, visually, will be only 0.1 degree apart. Jupiter will be low in the southwest right after dark and will be the brightest o...