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Winter Solstice ‘Christmas Star’: When To Look Up In Phoenix
Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn’t occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.

Lindsay Walker is the local editor covering the cities of Phoenix and Tucson for Patch. A Phoenix native, she is a two-time graduate of Arizona State University (Go Sun Devils!) Previously, she worked as a freelance journalist for publications like the Phoenix New Times and the Phoenix Business Journal.
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Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn’t occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.

Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn’t occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.
Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn’t occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.
Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn’t occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.
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