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>who else excited for December 21?

When two objects in the night sky appear close to one another, astronomers call this a "conjunction." The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn takes place roughly every 20 years. However the last time these two came within a 0.1 degree of each other, was back in 1623. Humans could not see this conjunction as well because the two planets aligned near the sun, blinding us from any chance of seeing this.

The last "observable" time the two planets lit up the night sky as one bright light was almost 800 years ago in 1226. Here is what Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University told Forbes:

“Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to be to one another. 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.”