Opposition

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4453.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4453. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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The position of a planet in its orbit when it and the Earth are aligned such that it is directly opposite the Sun in the sky, so that it has an elongation of 180°. The term is also used for the time at which this alignment occurs. Only superior planets (those outside the Earth's orbit) can come to opposition. As this brings them closer to the Earth than at any other position in their orbit, oppos...

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