几天前公布了一张金星和木星将要亲密接触的照片，那个时候金木还相距较远。今天看到一张1月30号拍的照片，两个靠得更近了。但是，哪个是金星，哪个是木星？
金星的一些故事
夜空中，最亮的是月亮，其次是金星，亮度在负4等（负得越多越亮，我也被搞糊涂了）之上。中国古代称金星为"太白"。当它早晨出现时，人们称它为"启明星"；当它黄昏出现时，人们称它为"长庚星"。西方则称其之为爱神"维纳斯"。
什么叫太白？
八卦中有一句话"易有太极，是生两仪，两仪生四象，四象生八卦"，太极的"太"和太白的"太"是同一个意思。都有最的意思，更准确地说道教里面将太作为"没有，虚无"，反映了道教认为世界从无到有的理论。但这里，我认为可以理解为很亮，最亮！
金星是一颗"反向慢跑"的行星，反向指得是他的自转方向与公转方向相反，即自东向西自转，这在太阳系八大行星中独一无二，所以，"太阳从西边出来"对金星来说，是绝对的真理。慢跑指得是它的自转速度非常缓慢，赤道上的自转速度只有每秒1.8米，比人的步行速度快不了多少（在地球上却是坐地日行八万里）。自转一周需要243天，比它围绕太阳公转的时间还要长18.3天，也就是说他都绕太阳转了一圈，自己都还没有转够一圈，想象一下，是不是无法忍受的慢，简直慢的不可理喻。
木星的一些故事
木星是8大行星中的大块头，体积、质量最大，亮度在负2等。此外，木星还拥有最多的卫星，目前已经发现了63颗卫星。看样子，块头大也有好处，真是多子多福啊。
金星是个慢性子，而木星恰好相反，是个急性子，而且脾气绝对"暴躁"。在八大行星中，数他自转最快（近10个小时一圈），而且经常"变脸"（指云层复杂多变），"变脸"可能和他转的太快有关，他那张最著名的脸就是"木星大红斑"。
从上图看，木星反而是那个小的，因为距离地球远看起来要比金星小，亮度也不如金星。
让我们比较一下行星和太阳的大小，括号表示距离太阳的远近。
金星是地球的姐妹星，两个到太阳距离相近，大小也相近，人们猜测那里可能出现过生命。欧洲航天局ESA的"金星快车"于2005年11月11日开始其探测之旅。金星表面浓密大气中绝大部分是二氧化碳，剧烈的温室效应使金星表面温度最高达到460摄氏度左右，当然，水应该是没有的，这么高的温度早就蒸发了。
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译文:
Shining Venus and Jupiter
A few days ago, a photo of Venus and Jupiter to be close contact was published, actually at that time; Venus was still somewhat far apart from Jupiter. Today to see a photograph taken on January 30th, the two stars are nearer. However, which is Venus, and which is Jupiter?
Something About Venus
In the sky at night, the moon is the brightest, followed by Venus, whose level of brightness is above negative 4 (the more negative the brighter, which I have also been confused by). Ancient Chinese called Venus “Taibai” ("Great White Planet"). When it appears in the morning, people call it "Phosphor"; but when it appears in the evening, people call it "Chang Gung Memorial Star." Western names it after Eros "Venus."
What is Taibai?
There is a saying in the Eight Diagrams “easy to Tai Chi of Health unveiled the war, unveiled four images and Health, Four Images Health nosy”. The “Tai” in both "tai chi” and” Taibai are the same meaning, which means the most, or rather, in Taoism as "nothing, little" reflects the Taoist view of the world from scratch. But here, I think that can be understood as very bright, the brightest!
Venus is a planet of "reverse jogging circle", reverse means its direction of rotation and revolution are opposite, that is, rotating from east to west, unique in the eight major planets in the solar system, so to Venus, the saying "the sun rises from the west" is the absolute truth. Jogging means the speed of its rotation is very slowly. The speed of its rotation on the equator is only 1.8 meters per second, which is not much quicker than the speed of man’s walking (it is 80,000 miles per day to stand still following the rotation of the Earth). Rotation of Venus needs 243 days once, 18.3 days more than its revolution around the sun, which means it, would turn a lap around the sun while it hasn’t finished a self-lap. Trying to imagine, isn’t it unbearably slow, too slow to understand.
Something about Jupiter
Jupiter is the super chunk in eight major planets, the largest in size and weight, with brightness in the level of negative two. In addition, Jupiter also has the largest number of satellites, including 63 satellites have been found till now. And therefore, it seems super chunk owns its own advantage, really good multi-multi-children.
Venus is a slow coach, while Jupiter is just the opposite. Jupiter has quick temper and its temper is absolutely "harsh." Among the eight major planets, its rotation is the fastest (almost 10 hours a circle), and it often changes “faces" (referring to the complex and volatile atmosphere around it). "Changing faces" may be related to its too fast speed. Its most famous “face” is the “great red spots in Jupiter."
From the map above, Jupiter, however, is that small one, because the farther distance from Earth than Venus makes it looks much smaller, than and not as bright as Venus.
Let us compare the size of planet and the sun. The number in the brackets indicates the range of distance from the Sun.
Venus is sister stars of the Earth. Both of two are similar in size and distance from the sun. People speculate life may have been happened in Venus. "Venus Express" of European Space Agency-ESA began its exploration trip on November 11th, 2005. Dense atmosphere on the surface of Venus is in the majority of carbon dioxide, and the serious greenhouse effect results in its temperature up to about 460 Celsius on the surface of Venus. So naturally, there can’t be any water, which would have been evaporated at such a high temperature.
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