Inferior Planets Planets (i.e. Mercury and Venus) whose orbits lie inside Earth's orbit.
Integrated Magnitude The magnitude which would apply if all the light energy from an extended object was coming from a point source.
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Inferior planets. The planets (Mercury and Venus) that lie closer to the Sun than Earth.
Infra-red radiation. Electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light but shorter than radio waves.
INFERIOR PLANETS
and are called inferior planets becasue they are closer to the than . [Planets that are farther from the Sun than Earth are called .]
INFRARED RADIATION
Infrared radiation is electromagnetic radiation that we can feel as heat.
INFERIOR PLANETS
Mercury and Venus are called inferior planets because they are closer to the Sun than Earth. [Planets that are farther from the Sun than Earth are called superior planets.] ...
Inferior planets
Mercury and Venus which lie closer to the Sun than the Earth are called inferior planets.
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Inferior planets may pass between the Earth and the sun on part of their orbits, so they can exhibit nearly the complete range of phases from the earth's point of view...
Inferior Planets are those located inside of the Earth's orbit and include Venus and Mercury. Their main alignments are shown in Figure 16.
The inferior planets were always observed to be near the sun, appearing only shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset.
The inferior planets are those which orbit closer to the Sun than the Earth, namely Mercury and Venus. They are seen to undergo phases ranging from crescent to full, and also exhibit retrograde motion.
The inferior planets spend half their time in retrograde motion as they move from their greatest eastern elongation to their greatest western elongation.
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inferior planets (NASA SP-7, 1965) The planets with orbits smaller than that of the earth: Mercury and Venus. inferior transit (NASA SP-7, 1965) = lower transit. infinity (NASA Thesaurus / NASA SP-7, 1965) 1.
inferior planets the planets Mercury and Venus are called inferior planets because their orbits are closer to the Sun than is Earth's orbit.
The term is usually used only in connection with inferior planets.
The greatest elongation of such a body is its maximum angular distance from the sun before it starts back toward conjunction.
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Mercury and Venus are inferior planets because their orbits are inside the orbit of the Earth. Thus, when watching from the Earth, they are never too far away from the Sun.
Comparing with the preceding diagram for the inferior planets, we notice two basic differences: (1) The superior planets do not exhibit a full range of phases; they are always gibbous or full.
As seen from Earth, the inferior planets may exhibit the full range of phases from new (only the unilluminated hemisphere being visible) to full.
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There are two inferior planets, Mercury and Venus. They always seem to be close to the sun in the sky; the greatest elongation of Mercury is 28°, and that of Venus, 47°.
The inferior planets, and other objects with orbits closer to the Sun than the Earth, can never be at opposition.
A planet is in conjunction when the Sun is exactly between that planet and the Earth or, for Mercury and Venus (the two inferior planets), when that planet, the Sun, and the Earth are lined up.
elongation
The measure of the angular distance between the Sun and the inferior planets in our sky. Maximum elongation is the time of greatest separation and is a prime viewing period for the inferior planets.
Phase
The apparent change in shape of the Moon and inferior planets as seen from Earth as they move in their orbits.
Photon
A particle of light composed of a minute quantity of electromagnetic energy.
Inferior Planet
a planet that orbits between the Earth and the Sun. Mercury and Venus are the only two inferior planets in our Solar System.
Interplanetary Magnetic Field
the magnetic field carried along with the solar wind.
 See also: Planet, Inferior planet, Earth, Sun, Astronomy
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