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EARTH |
Third planet from sun |
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VENUS |
The second planet from the sun in the solar system |
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EGRESS |
The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet,
in a transit. |
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ELONGATION |
The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the
elongation of Venus or Mercury. |
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APHELION |
That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most
distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion. |
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ELONGATE |
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede
apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. |
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GEOCENTRICAL |
Having reference to the earth as center; in relation
to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen
from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. |
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UMBRA |
The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on
the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no
portion of the ... |
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NEPTUNE |
The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as
a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of
Berlin, September... |
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SYNODICAL |
Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period
between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as
of the moon or a pl... |
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ANOMALY |
The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as
seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a
corresponding ... |
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CURTATE |
Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet
from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the
distance from... |
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OPPOSITION |
The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it;
especially, the position of a... |
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MOON |
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the
satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from
the sun, is reflec... |