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John Hall[_2_] · December 16th 19, 10:25 AM posted to uk.sci.weather

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From Peter Lea-Cox, Umborne

I have heard it said that Christ was born around 4 BC; irony granted in
such a statement. This was the year when there was supposed to have
been a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, hence the bright star. Whether
this could have possibly lasted for the two years that it took the Wise
Men to travel to Bethlehem is open to debate.

Two years? That seems like a very long time. Admittedly we don't
actually know where they supposedly came from, but if it was somewhere
like modern-day Iraq I'd have thought that 3-6 months would have been
more like it.
--
John Hall
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
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