Inferior Conjunction

Inferior Conjunction
An inferior conjunction occurs when a Solar System body lies along a straight line between the Earth and the Sun.

Inferior Conjunction
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inferior conjunction
the configuration of an inferior planet when it lies between the sun and Earth
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Inferior conjunction
The passage of Mercury or Venus between Earth and the Sun. The outer planets cannot pass between Earth and the Sun and therefore cannot come to inferior conjunction.

Inferior Conjunction The conjunction of Mercury or Venus when they lie between Earth and the Sun. (See diagram.)
Inferior Planets Planets (i.e. Mercury and Venus) whose orbits lie inside Earth's orbit.

Mercury at inferior conjunction between Earth and Sun.
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Venus is in inferior conjunction with the Sun (this is when Venus is located directly between the Earth and the Sun). Venus is crossing the through Earth's orbital plane (the ecliptic). Venus' orbital plane is tilted by 3.

inferior conjunction (Space Flight Glossary - JPL) Alignment of Earth, sun, and an inferior planet on the same side of the sun.

Mercury attains inferior conjunction every 116 days on average, but this interval can range from 111 days to 121 days due to the planet's eccentric orbit.

2 A planet is in inferior conjunction when it is between Earth and the Sun. This is an inner planet's point of closest approach to Earth.

coma the dust and gas surrounding an active comet's nucleus comet a medium-sized icy object orbiting the Sun; smaller than a planet conjunction An inferior planet is said to be "in inferior conjunction" when it is directly between the ...

Mercury & Venus are said to be at Superior Conjunction when they are behind the Sun, and at Inferior Conjunction when they are in front of it. The outer planets are simply said to be at conjunction when they pass behind the Sun
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synodic period The interval of time between and planetary configuration of a celestial body, with respect to the sun, and the next successive same configuration of that body, as from inferior conjunction to inferior conjunction.

Because its orbit lies between the sun and the orbit of the earth, Venus passes through phases like those of the moon, varying from a large bright crescent when the planet is near inferior conjunction (nearest the earth) to a smaller silvery disk ...

The position of conjunction depends upon whether the planet is in front of (inferior conjunction) or behind (superior conjunction) the Sun. As with the superior planets, a conjunction is an alignment in the direction of the Sun.

Most of the time the Sun and inferior planet have different declinations during inferior conjunction.

Definition: conjunction: An inferior planet (closer to the sun than Earth - Mercury and Venus) is said to be "in inferior conjunction" when it is directly between the Earth and the Sun.

When Venus is closest to us, the planet is at the new phase, lying between Earth and the Sun (inferior conjunction), and we again can't see it, because now the sunlit side faces away from us"only a thin ring of sunlight, ...

When Venus lies between the Earth and the Sun, a position known as 'inferior conjunction', it makes the closest approach to Earth of any planet, lying at a distance of about 40 million km.

The inferior planets Venus and Mercury can have two kinds of conjunctions with the Sun: (1) An inferior conjunction, when the planet passes approximately between Earth and Sun (if it passes exactly between them, ...

Having the same right ascension or, more precisely, the same longitude as the sun. An inferior planet has two types: inferior conjunction, when the planet lies between the sun and earth, and superior conjunction, ...

2. Apparent retrograde motion is the westward motion of a planet with respect to the stars which occurs near opposition (outer planets) or near inferior conjunction (inner planets).

For an outer planet the elongation can range from 0° (conjunction} to 180° (opposition). For Venus and Mercury it can range from 0° (superior or inferior conjunction) to a maximum of 47° (Venus) or 28° for ...

For Mercury and Venus, geocentric inferior conjunction occurs when the planet is between the Earth and Sun, and superior conjunction occurs when the Sun is between the planet and Earth. [S92]
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The disc shows phases like those of the Moon. It appears full at Superior Conjunction (when Mercury is at its furthest from the Earth, behind the Sun) and new at Inferior Conjunction (when it is between the Earth and the Sun).

Conjunctions are usually tabulated as geocentric phenomena. For Mercury and Venus, geocentric inferior conjunction occurs when the planet is between the Earth and Sun, and superior conjunction occurs when the Sun is between the planet and Earth.

Mercury and Venus have two positions of conjunction: when either planet is directly between the earth and the Sun, it is in inferior conjunction; when either planet is on the far side of the Sun from the earth, it is in superior conjunction.

appears to lie very close to the Sun, or in line with the Sun, as seen from Earth, but with the planet between Earth and the Sun. Obviously, a superior planet (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto) cannot be at inferior conjunction! ...

See also: Conjunction, Planet, Earth, Sun, Venus