[Red Badger]

https://scitechdaily.com/dont-miss-jupiter-to-reach-opposition-closest-approach-to-earth-in-59-years/

[Yo-Yo]

Closest Approach to Earth in 59 Years!

Meh. I'm 63 so I've seen it already...

[fidelis]

Two of the biggest thrills I’ve had in my life was to clearly see Jupiter and Saturn through a fairly modest backyard telescope. There’s nothing like being able to make out the bands of Jupiter with it’s moons and the rings of Saturn in real time with your own eyes..

[algore]

I have a few eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures of Jupiter taken in the 80s by our top secret space program

I will have to try and find them

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

To blazes with binoculars. I’m setting up my telescope for this show!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Top ten closest oppositions, +/- 100 years from the present
Size of Jupiter in arc-seconds in last column:

1951-Oct-02 15:12:00.000 49.926
1939-Sep-27 22:52:48.000 49.888
1963-Oct-07 07:31:12.000 49.880
2022-Sep-26 20:00:00.000 49.877
2034-Oct-01 12:19:12.000 49.871
2117-Oct-01 09:26:24.000 49.866
2058-Oct-10 20:57:36.000 49.864
2046-Oct-06 04:38:24.000 49.859
2010-Sep-22 03:40:48.000 49.858
2070-Oct-15 13:16:48.000 49.852

The ten smallest, there’s not much difference:

2076-Mar-31 22:52:48.000 44.22823
2005-Apr-06 18:04:48.000 44.22869
2017-Apr-11 10:24:00.000 44.24385
2088-Apr-05 15:12:00.000 44.25058
2064-Mar-27 06:33:36.000 44.2519
1922-Apr-07 20:57:36.000 44.25462
1993-Apr-02 01:45:36.000 44.25559
1934-Apr-12 13:16:48.000 44.25957
1981-Mar-28 09:26:24.000 44.27511
2100-Apr-11 07:31:12.000 44.27767

[Verginius Rufus]

Wow, 79 moons. When I was a kid, Jupiter only had 12 moons. It has been busy.