The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will do something later this month not seen since the Middle Ages: forming what looks like a double planet. This celestial event has been dubbed the "Christmas star."
The rare occurrence will happen after sunset on Dec. 21, 2020, the start of the winter solstice.
You’d have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.
This configuration appeared over Bethlehem in 2 BC.https://www.foxnews.com/science/christmas-star-is-coming-jupiter-saturn-double-planet-800-years
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