Venus is occasionally brighter than jupiter
Venus, at its brightest, is brighter than any other planet. However, when it's not at its brightest, there are a couple of others than can be brighter if they're near their brightest, Mars and Jupiter being the most notable.
The two planets in Florida's western night sky are Venus and Jupiter, with Venus being the brighter of the two.
Venus, when it's at its brightest, is brighter than any other planet. At any given time, though, which planet is brightest can vary; it's often Venus, but a reasonable fraction of the time Mars and Jupiter give Venus a run for its money.
Jupiter is plainly visible, as it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Only Venus and the moon are brighter. Thousands of years ago, early astronomers notices that Jupiter, along with Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn moved relative to the background of stars.
Venus is occasionally brighter than jupiter
It depends. As of March 2012, Venus is significantly brighter than Jupiter. However, Venus passed its maximum brightness around the beginning of March and will be getting dimmer.
Venus, at its brightest, is brighter than any other planet. However, when it's not at its brightest, there are a couple of others than can be brighter if they're near their brightest, Mars and Jupiter being the most notable.
Venus is the brightest, then Jupiter and mars. All of these can potentially be brighter than sirus, but have to be well placed in their orbits relative to us.
The two planets in Florida's western night sky are Venus and Jupiter, with Venus being the brighter of the two.
1. Venus is closer to Earth (40 million km versus 392 million km for Jupiter) 2. Venus receives more sunlight as it is 7 times closer to the sun (50 times as much light for a given area). 3. Venus reflects more light by area than Jupiter (Venus 65% versus 52% for Jupiter)
Venus, when it's at its brightest, is brighter than any other planet. At any given time, though, which planet is brightest can vary; it's often Venus, but a reasonable fraction of the time Mars and Jupiter give Venus a run for its money.
Venus can appear the brightest but it is not always so, Jupiter's brightness varies much less and is rather bright (brighter than when Venus is not at its peak)
Jupiter is plainly visible, as it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Only Venus and the moon are brighter. Thousands of years ago, early astronomers notices that Jupiter, along with Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn moved relative to the background of stars.
With the naked eye, on Dec 1 2008: Venus and Jupiter are seeable for several hours after sunset. Venus is the brighter and lower of the 2. Although Jupiter is more than 50x larger than Venus it's a lot farther away.
For us, it looks brighter than any star, but this is because it is much nearer. Now (March/April 2012) you can see two bright "stars" in the west, after sunset - the brighter one is planet Venus, the second-brightest one is planet Jupiter. In terms of absolute brightness, a star is brighter than a planet.
Absolutely yes. Find Jupiter and Sirius with your naked eyes, you'll find it's so obvious. Venus and Jupiter rank the third and the fourth brilliant celestial bodies, after the sun and the moon.