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Solar System, a planet is said to be inferior or interior with respect to another planet if its orbit lies inside the other planet's orbit around the...

two planets or a planet and a star appear to meet each other three times during a brief period, either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction...

valleys and volcanoes. The term inner planet should not be confused with inferior planet, which designates those planets that are closer to the Sun than Earth...

from a planet that is superior, if an inferior planet is on the opposite side of the Sun, it is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction...

Venus lies between Earth and the Sun in inferior conjunction, it makes the closest approach to Earth of any planet at an average distance of 41 million km...

given inferior planet occurs when this planet's position, in its orbital path around the Sun, is at tangent to the observer on Earth. Since an inferior planet...

the phase angle, which is the angle between the planet, the Sun and the Earth. The two inferior planets, Mercury and Venus, which have orbits that are...

Seen from a superior planet, an inferior planet on the opposite side of the Sun is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction occurs...

phenomena including the motions of the planets. The inferior planets Venus and Mercury and the superior planets Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all identified...

term inner planet should not be confused with inferior planet, which refers to any planet that is closer to the Sun than the observer's planet is, but usually...

between the Sun and a Solar System body) of Venus is only 45–48°, the inferior planet never appears in the opposite of the Sun's direction (180° difference...

Earth's, while the inferior planets (Mercury and Venus) orbit the Sun inside Earth's orbit. A transit may occur when an inferior planet passes through a...

Aristide; Chambers, G. F. (1865). "Observation of a Supposed New Inferior Planet". Astronomical Register. 3: 214. Bibcode:1865AReg....3..214C. John...

primitive data types). In astronomy dichotomy is when the Moon or an inferior planet is exactly half-lit as viewed from Earth. For the Moon, this occurs...

Planet of the Apes is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic...

as winter wanes. The morning star is an appearance of the planet Venus, an inferior planet, meaning that its orbit lies between the Earth and the Sun...

inducing anomaly as the mean Sun wheel turns. The inferior planet mechanism includes the Sun (treated as a planet in this context), Mercury, and Venus. For each...

Medal".[citation needed] In 2008, he released his first solo debut album Inferiority Complex. In August 2008, Tha Trademarc collaborated with Massachusetts...

object Gravitationally rounded object Planet Planet of the Solar System Inferior planet Inner planet Terrestrial planet Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy...

Evening (and morning) serves as the optimum time for viewing the inferior planets Venus and Mercury. It is a popular time to hunt for comets, as their...