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Jupiter and Saturn Will Form a Rare ‘Double Planet’ in the Sky Before Christmas – Yahoo Finance
Here’s how to see an incredible spectacle that hasn’t happened in 800 years.
- Jupiter and Saturn will appear to align this December, creating a “double planet” in the night sky.
- It’s the first time since the middle ages the planets have aligned this close.
- You can see this planetary conjunction on the winter solstice, December 21.
For the first time since the middle ages, Jupiter and Saturn will become so close to each other in the night sky that they’ll appear as a brilliantly bright “double planet.” On the winter solstice
, December 21, the solar system’s two largest planets…
