Our authors can publish views that we may or may not agree with, but they show their work, distinguish facts from opinions, and make sure their analysis is clear and in no way misleading or deceptive | Jim Gemmel of Warrenton, Virginia, took this picture of Venus and Jupiter on March 10, 2012 |
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The giant planet is thus ideally situated for observations of its changing cloud bands and four big satellites for much of the night | We supply over 40 percent of national markets with ingredient tomato paste and diced tomatoes |
He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmers' Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for Verizon FiOS1 News in New York's lower Hudson Valley | Nonetheless, somewhere in the distant past, "morning star" and "evening star" became plural in order to account for the four other planets |
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Elongation refers to the angle between the sun and a planet, as seen from Earth | When a superior planet is in the same spot in the sky as the sun, it is at conjunction |
So, going by this nomenclature, Jupiter will arrive at opposition and will become an evening star on March 8, Mars on May 22 and Saturn on June 3.
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