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Jupiter and Saturn merged in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since the 17th century.
Jupiter and Saturn were just one-tenth of a degree apart from our perspective or about one-fifth the width of a full moon.
It was the closest Jupiter-Saturn pairing since July 1623, when the two planets appeared a little nearer. That conjunction was almost impossible to see, however, because of its closeness to the sun.
The last visible conjunction was in March 1226.
Despite appearances, Jupiter and Saturn are more than 450 million miles apart. Earth, meanwhile, is 550 million miles from Jupiter.