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To: MtnClimber

How close to “completely across the solar system” are they?

Our moon is a small crescent but the 2 planets are complete disks now so they relatively on the other side of the sun from us.(?)


7 posted on 12/19/2020 3:17:08 PM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Delta 21
No, they are on the same side of the sun right now. Mars is too and that is why three Mars probes were launched in July.

When the planets outside earth are on the opposite side of the sun they would be overhead during day time.

9 posted on 12/19/2020 3:27:38 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Delta 21

Post 8 shows it. If you were looking at the post 8 diagram from above the orbit plane. you would be looking down on Earth’s north pole and Earth would be spinning CCW and orbiting the Sun CCW. So you can see why now Jupiter and Saturn are visible now just after sunset. Soon they will be overhead in day time.


10 posted on 12/19/2020 3:36:28 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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