Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 322
ior conjunction (nearest the Earth); if at C, at superior conjunc-tion ; if at L or M, at elongation. The Sun will be seen from E alongthe line EG. It is plain that the planet can never appear at a greaterangle from the Sun than SEMor SEL. It is clear from the figure THE PLANETS MERCURY AND VENUS.… … Fig. 171 —The Motion of an Inferior Planet with Refer-ence to the Eakth. In representing the apparent angular magnitude of these planets,in Figs. 172 and 173 we suppose their whole disks to be visible, asthey would be if they shone by their own light. But since they canbe seen only by the reflected…
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