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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4470. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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The phase of a body in the solar system when more than half of its sunlit side is visible, but not all of it. From the Earth, the inferior planets, Mercury and Venus, and the Moon show gibbous phases. Of the superior planets, Mars is the only one that can appear markedly gibbous (with a minimum of 84% of its disk illuminated); of the outer planets, Jupiter can show a slight gibbous phase but the ...

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