inferior conjunction
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inferior conjunction
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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This bright and effervescent neighbor — at -4.2 magnitude, according to the United States Naval Observatory — reaches inferior conjunction on Jan. 8, which means that Venus moves between the sun and Earth.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2022
Mercury had passed inferior conjunction; no other Mercutian vehicles had been reported as landing anywhere on the earth.
From The Fire People by Ray Cummings
Venus is thus Hesperus or Vesper, the evening star, when following the sun as she passes from beyond him in superior conjunction to inferior conjunction where she is nearest to the earth.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden
When at inferior conjunction Venus approaches nearer to the Earth than any other planet, its distance then being 27,000,000 miles.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
At superior conjunction it ought, being then farthest away, to show the smallest disc; while at inferior conjunction, being the nearest, it should look much larger.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
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