inferior conjunction

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inferior conjunction [in′fir·ē·ər kən′jəŋk·shən]

(astronomy)

A type of configuration in which two celestial bodies have their least apparent separation; the smaller body is nearer the observer than the larger body, about which it orbits; for example, Venus is closest to the earth at its inferior conjunction.

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No references found			[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Fast-moving Mercury rapidly drops from view in early May, reaching inferior conjunction between Earth and Sun on the 18th. The planets by Bone, Neil / Journal of the British Astronomical Association NASA's Messenger spacecraft flew past Mercury again on 2008 October 6, a day when the planet was at inferior conjunction as viewed from the Earth. Messenger at Mercury, 2008 October: the second encounter by McKim, Richard / Journal of the British Astronomical Association Inferior conjunction, between Sun and Earth, is reached on March 27; by late April, Venus will have become a 'Morning Star'. Sky notes: 2009 February & March by Bone, Neil / Journal of the British Astronomical Association			infectious laryngotracheitis Infectious Mononucleosis infectious myocarditis infectious myxomatosis infectious nucleic acid infectious papillomatosis Infectious Pleuropneumonia of Goats Infectious Rhinitis infectious transfer infectious unit infectious uroarthritis infective dose 50 Infeld, Leopold Inference inference control inference engine inference program inference rule inferential flow meter inferential liquid-level meter inferior inferior alveolar artery inferior alveolar nerve inferior cerebellar peduncle inferior colliculus inferior conjunction inferior fruit inferior ganglion inferior hypogastric plexus inferior mesenteric ganglion inferior mirage inferior planet Inferior Planets inferior temporal gyrus inferior vena cava inferior vena cava syndrome inferior vermis inferior vestibular nucleus inferiority inferiority complex infernal machine inferred ore infertility infest infestation Infestation of Seeds infield infighting infilling infilling well Infiltrate			inferior bulb of jugular vein inferior bulb of jugular vein inferior bulb of jugular vein inferior capsular shift Inferior carotid triangle Inferior Caval Vein Diameter inferior cerebellar artery inferior cerebellar peduncle inferior cerebellar peduncle inferior cerebellar peduncle Inferior cerebellar peduncles Inferior cerebellar peduncles inferior cerebral vein inferior cerebral vein Inferior cerebral veins Inferior cerebral veins inferior cervical cardiac nerve Inferior cervical ganglion inferior choroid vein Inferior clergy inferior cluneal nerve Inferior collici Inferior collici Inferior colliculi Inferior colliculi Inferior colliculi inferior colliculus inferior colliculus inferior colliculus Inferior Colliculus Electrically Evoked Potential inferior conjunction inferior conjunctions inferior conjunctions inferior conjunctival fornix inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx Inferior Convexity of the Prefrontal Cortex inferior court inferior court Inferior courts inferior dental arch inferior dental arch inferior dental arch inferior dental arch inferior dental arch Inferior dental nerve Inferior dental nerve inferior dental plexus inferior epigastric vein inferior epigastric vein Inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm Inferior Frontal Eye Field Inferior frontal gyrus Inferior Frontal Junction inferior fruit inferior ganglion inferior ganglion inferior ganglion inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve inferior ganglion of vagus inferior gastric node

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