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.
