Elongation

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4452. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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In general use, the angular separation between the Sun and a planet (or other body orbiting the Sun) or the Moon, i.e. the angle Sun-Earth-object. A more accurate definition, which takes account of the fact that the orbits of bodies orbiting the Sun are inclined to the plane of the ecliptic (the Earth's orbital plane), is that the elongation of a body is the difference between its celestial longi...

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