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CONJONCTION INFERIEURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planets
CONT

When an inferior planet passes between the Earth and the Sun, it is in the same direction from Earth as the Sun and is said to be in "inferior conjunction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planètes
CONT

[...] en effectuant un mouvement rétrograde (c'est-à-dire de l'est à l'ouest), elle s'approche du Soleil d'abord lentement puis de plus en plus vite, pour disparaître dans ses rayons et devenir invisible. C'est l'instant de la «conjonction inférieure»; la planète passe entre la Terre et le Soleil.

Spanish

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