Jupiter comes closer

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, will come closer to earth on December 1.

It will be 378 million miles (609 million kilometers) away from us – still very distant – but closer than it will be again until the year 2021.

Jupiter is at its closest to us once a year, when our planet passes between Jupiter and the sun. At the beginning of December, Jupiter will be rising in the east as the sun is setting in the west.