495 Eulalia
Also known as (495) Eulalia, Eulalia
main-belt asteroid
Picture of the Day · NASA
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
2026-06-07
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.
© Marek Nikodem (PPSAE) · via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Max Wolf
- Discovery site
- Heidelberg Observatory
- Discovery date
- 25 October 1902
- Pronunciation
- / j uː ˈ l eɪ l i ə /
- Named after
- the discoverer's wife's grandmother
- Alternative designations
- 1902 KG
Article
495 Eulalia is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. Eulalia is very near the 3:1 Jupiter orbital resonance.
Origin of 162173 Ryugu may be either 495 Eulalia or 142 Polana Sun · Earth · 162173 Ryugu · 142 Polana · 495 Eulalia