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Noun Concept
Categories: Spherical astronomy, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Celestial mechanics
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elongation  eastern elongation  greatest elongation  solar elongation  western elongation
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In astronomy, a planet's elongation is the angular separation between the Sun and the planet, with Earth as the reference point. Wikipedia
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In astronomy, a planet's elongation is the angular separation between the Sun and the planet, with Earth as the reference point. Wikipedia
The angular distance of a planet from the sun. Wiktionary
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The elongation of Venus. Wiktionary
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angular distance
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Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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elongation (astronomy)
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elongation
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elongation
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eastern elongation, greatest elongation, solar elongation, western elongation

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