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Question 1
Elongations- Table 1
Mercury Year Month Day Sep Deg. Sep Min.
Max Eastern
Elongation
2020 June 4 22° 12°
Max Western
Elongation
2020 October 1 22° 12°
Venus Year Month Day Sep Deg. Sep Min.
Max Eastern
Elongation
2020 March 24 N/A N/A
Max Western
Elongation
2020 August 13 N/A N/A

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Question 2
Conjunctions and Oppositions- Table 2
Mercury Year Month Day
Inferior Conjunction 2020 July
Superior Conjunction 2020 May 4
Venus Year Month Day
Inferior Conjunction 2020 June
Superior Conjunction 2019 June
Mars Year Month Day
Conjunction opposition 2020 October 13
Jupiter Year Month Day
Conjunction opposition 2020 December 21
Question 3
Which Planet appears to have the most Elliptical (non-circular) orbit?
In the early 1600s, Johannes Kepler discovered that some planets did not orbit circularly. These
planets were classified as having elliptical orbit. Such a planet in our solar system would be
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