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• n  (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun

News & Articles

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• Venus Moves into the Morning Sky: How to See It
  If you were looking up just after sunset this week, you may have caught a glimpse of Venus setting just after the sun, weather permitting. But try it again at the same time next week, and Venus will be gone. On Saturday (Jan. 11), Venus will pass between Earth and the sun, an event scientists call an "inferior conjunction." A conjunction occurs when two celestial objects reach the same longitude ...
  Jan. 10, 2014 - SPACE.com via Yahoo! News
• Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS
  Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA This week’s stories: Ruth: Wake up, Rosetta! Facebook link to contest David: AAS-Gamma Ray Gravitational Lens AAS-Death by Black Hole Antares Launch Remote Deployment of Cubesats Venus at Inferior Conjunction Scott: Learning tools for visually […]
  Jan. 10, 2014 - Universe Today