[Kevmo]

This article seems like it would suit one of your ping lists.

[SunkenCiv]

Attributing the Star of Bethlehem to the planet Jupiter has been suggested before. Let's see if I have that... hmm, this isn't what I was thinking of, but here's something from 2001.

The Magi and the Star
by Simo Parpola

Further evidence of how ancient astronomers would have understood this conjunction has been revealed by excavations in Babylon, which have uncovered four clay tablets bearing astronomical computations for the year 7 B.C.E. This almanac indicates that, from the beginning of the year, Jupiter and Saturn were continuously visible in Pisces for 11 months. In other words, for most of the year the constellation Pisces served as a backdrop for the planets Jupiter and Saturn as they traveled slowly through the night sky. The movements, stationary points, risings and settings of both planets are accurately registered month by month. They came closest together on three nights in May, October and December. It appears from the almanac that toward the end of the conjunction, Mars also moved into Pisces; it was visible near Jupiter and Saturn in mid-February.

Anyway, yes, I may ping this as a GGG topic, assuming this doesn't become another bloodbath. Thanks!