A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_conjunction" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great conjunction">great conjunction</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.<sup about="#mwt87" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_21#cite_note-14" id="mwATs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATw">[14]</span></a></sup>
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