Synodic Period

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4584.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4584. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The time interval between two successive similar alignments of two celestial bodies. In the case of a planet, the synodic period may be taken to be the mean time interval between, say, two successive oppositions or two successive conjunctions. It is this period that determines the times at which particular planets will be visible in the night sky. The Moon's synodic period is the time between su...

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