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  2. Star of Bethlehem - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Bethlehem, ... He suggests a link between the Star of Bethlehem and a double occultation of Jupiter by the Moon on March 20 and April 17 of 6 BC in ...

  3. Jupiter at opposition rises as 'Christmas Star' this weekend

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    Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year on Dec. 7.

  4. Craig Chester (astronomer) - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter, a possible candidate for being the Star of Bethlehem. [2] Chester was president of MIRA in 1993 as they continued to improve facilities and do research while providing a community service class, a summer high school science teacher program, and a public lecture series. [15] Chester gave his address on the Star of Bethlehem. [16] "

  5. Karlis Kaufmanis - Wikipedia

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    Kārlis Kaufmanis (February 21, 1910, Riga, Latvia – June 21, 2003, Clearwater, Florida) was a Latvian-American astronomer. [1] He is noted for his theory, on which he delivered a public lecture more than a thousand times, that the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn that took place in 7 BC.

  6. The Star of Bethlehem (2007 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Bethlehem is a 2007 documentary by Frederick A. "Rick" Larson to show what he found when he searched for clues about the Star of Bethlehem.Larson used the Starry Night astronomy computer program along with an article written by astronomer Craig Chester; [1] [2] [3] based in part on the work of Ernest Martin. [4]

  7. Planetary transits and occultations - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, planetary transits and occultations occur when a planet passes in front of another object, as seen by an observer.The occulted object may be a distant star, but in rare cases it may be another planet, in which case the event is called a mutual planetary occultation or mutual planetary transit, depending on the relative apparent diameters of the objects.

  8. Frederick Larson (filmmaker) - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Anthony Heep "Rick" Larson (born March 26, 1953) is an American lawyer and law professor [4] who became a filmmaker after he investigated the Star of Bethlehem and became a traveling speaker on the topic, then made his first documentary film The Star of Bethlehem about his findings in 2007. [5]

  9. Great conjunction - Wikipedia

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    Great conjunctions attracted considerable attention in the past as omens. During the late Middle Ages and Renaissance they were a topic broached by the pre-scientific and transitional astronomer-astrologers of the period up to the time of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, by scholastic thinkers such as Roger Bacon [3] and Pierre d'Ailly, [4] and they are mentioned in popular and literary works ...