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Inferior conjunction   /ɪnfˈɪriər kəndʒˈəŋkʃən/   Listen
Inferior conjunction

noun
1.
(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun.





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"Inferior conjunction" Quotes from Famous Books



... the distance of an interior planet from us, during its revolution around the sun, will of course be productive of great alterations in its apparent size. At superior conjunction it ought, being then farthest away, to show the smallest disc; while at inferior conjunction, being the nearest, it should look much larger. When at greatest elongation, whether eastern or western, it should naturally present an appearance midway in size ...
— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage


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