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Jupiter, Saturn to form closest ‘great conjunction’ in 800 years – KRQE News 13

The world will soon see a planetary phenomenon that hasn’t occurred in 800 years.

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(NEXSTAR) — The world will soon see a planetary phenomenon that hasn’t occurred in 800 years. On Dec. 21, the date of the December solstice, Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and ringed Saturn, the second-largest, will line up perfectly to look like a double planet in the night sky.
The two planets will be so close that they will appear to be touching, separated by one-fifth the diameter of a full moon. It will be the closest they’ve appeared since March 4, 1226. “The two planets…

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