Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 221
mes toopposition or inferior conjunction. After a time it becomes oncemore stationary, and then resumes its eastward motion until it againarrives at superior conjunction, having completed a synodic period.In time, as well as in degrees, the advance always exceeds theretrogression. As observed with… … OppositionFig. 75. — Planetary Configurations and Aspects. 291. Motion of the Planets with respect to the Suns Place inthe Sky; Change of Elongation. — The visibility of a planetdepends mainly on its elongation (i.e., its angular distancefrom the sun), because when near the sun, the planet will…
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