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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4408. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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An apparent slight brightening of the night side of Venus occasionally seen when the planet is observed as a thin crescent, near inferior conjunction, when it is nearest the Earth. The ashen light may first have been observed by Giambattista Riccioli in 1643, though it is not absolutely clear from his description that this is what he recorded as having seen; the first unequivocal description was ...

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