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A statue in Kansas, with Saturn (top) and Jupiter in the night sky

Video. The Great Conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn align closest in centuries

Updated: 22/12/2020 - 13:01 GMT+1

The planets pass each other in their respective orbits around the Sun every 20 Earth years, they haven't been this close in the sky since 1623.

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