Superior Planet
The superior planets are those planets which are further from the Sun than the Earth, namely Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Superior Planet
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planet whose orbit lies outside that of the earth. The superior planets are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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Definition: superior planets: The planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are called superior planets because their orbits are farther from the Sun than Earth's orbit. (Mercury and Venus are called "inferior" planets.) ...
Inferior and superior planets
The terms "inferior planet" and "superior planet" were coined by Copernicus to distinguish a planet's orbit's size in relation to the Earth's.
superior planet
a planet farther from the sun than Earth; includes Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
superluminal motion ...
Superior planet A planet orbiting the Sun outside Earth's orbit.
Synodic period The period of a planet's orbit with respect to the Earth.
Superior Planets Those planets whose orbits lie outside Earth's orbit.
Syzygy The alignment of any three celestial bodies. Planets are at syzygy when they are at opposition or conjunction (aligned with Sun and Earth).
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Superior planet- any planet beyond the orbit of the Earth in the Solar System ...
Superior planet -- Planet which orbits farther from the sun than Earth's orbit.
Superior conjunction -- Alignment between Earth and a planet on the far side of the sun.
SWG -- Science Working Group.
superior planet
A planet in our solar system that is further from the Sun than the Earth.
Superior planets
The planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are superior planets because their orbits are farther from the Sun than Earth's orbit.
Superior planets. The planets that lie at a greater distance from the Sun than that of Earth.
Superior Planet - A planet whose orbit lies outside the Earth's orbit
Superluminal Motion - The apparent separation of components of a quasar at speeds faster than the speed of light ...
So, superior planets are ALWAYS in direct motion.
Ah, not quite true.
Remember, we have made a simplification in order to help us come to grips with this difficult topic. We have been assuming that the Earth is stationary. Of course, it is not.
Superior planets can only ever appear as full or gibbous. In the case of Mars, at quadrature 87 per cent of the planet is illuminated as seen from Earth; the more distant planets have increasingly greater minimum phases.
Superior planets can have only superior conjunctions with the sun. At superior conjunction the outer planet appears near its completely illuminated full phase.
Superior Planet
A planet that exists outside the orbit of the Earth. All of the planets in our solar system are superior except for Mercury and Venus. These two planets are inferior planets.
SUPERIOR PLANETS
, , , , , and are called superior planets because they are farther from the than . [Planets that are closer to the Sun than Earth are called .] ...
SUPERIOR PLANETS
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are called superior planets because they are farther from the Sun than Earth. [Planets that are closer to the Sun than Earth are called inferior planets.] ...
Superior planets are those located outside of the Earth's orbit. Amongst the planets you can see with the naked eye, these include Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Their main configurations are shown in Figure 15.
When a superior planet is at quadrature, it is on our celestial meridian at sunrise or sunset.
quadrature when a superior planet appears at right angles to the Sun as seen from the Earth
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The term outer planet should not be confused with superior planet, which designates planets outside Earth's orbit (the outer planets and Mars). Jupiter Jupiter (5.2 AU), at 318 Earth masses, masses 2.5 times all the other planets put together.
The others (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are called the superior planets. Due to their own revolutions, they move from west to east most of the time. We call it the prograde motion.
The superior planets (the six planets farther from the Sun than Earth) are "in conjunction" when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth. A superior planet obviously cannot have an inferior conjunction.
See also: inferior planet, superior planet
Nationality speculations
Copernicus was from Poland, but there is some debate among ethnic nationalists over whether he should properly be considered ethnically Polish or German.
This image illustrates Ptolemy's kinematic model for the motion of the superior planets - Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
The Arabic title of Ptolemy's Syntaxis, the writings in which he combined his own astronomical researches with those of others.
The superior planets can be visible at midnight. At midnight you are pointed directly away from the Sun so you see solar system objects above the horizon that are further out from the Sun than we are.
(a) Time between one opposition and the next, of any superior planet or asteroid. [A84]
(b) The period of revolution of one body about another with respect to the Earth. (synodic period)-1 = ± (sidereal period)-1 (Earth's period)-1. [H76] ...
The configuration where a superior planet or the moon is 90 degrees away from the sun, as seen from the earth.
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Similarly, the synodic period for a superior planet occurs when
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The inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth; the superior planets are Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are farther from the sun than is the earth.
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.]
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Inferior planets have orbits smaller than that of the Earth; superior planets have orbits larger than that of the Earth. The four planets nearest the sun are called inner planets; the others, outer planets.
superior planets The planets with orbits larger than that of the earth: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. superior transit = upper transit. superpressure balloon See constant-level balloon, note.
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