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【Earth&Sky】元月14日金星距角最大

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009.

Venus is the brightest star like point of light seen anywhere in Earth’s sky. And Venus is particular about where it appears in our sky. If you’re looking for it after sunset, you have to look in the west – near the place where the sun went down. Venus is sometimes the first ‘star’ to [-----1-----] view after sunset.

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for Venus before dawn, you have to look in the east. Venus swings between these two parts of the sky – between the west after sunset – and east before dawn. Unlike other planets, Venus [-----2-----].

Today, Venus reaches what’s called its greatest elongation – that’s its greatest distance from the sun [-----3-----]. Venus is farther east of the sun today than it will be until the year 2017.

Venus can only appear above the western horizon at sunset. It can only be above the eastern horizon at dawn. As seen from Earth, it’s as if Venus is tied by a tether to the sun. And of course – in the three-dimensional space of our solar system – Venus is tied by [-----4-----]. It orbits the sun inside of Earth’s orbit, and that’s why it shifts between the morning and evening skies.

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I am Joel Block, and I am Deborah Byrd from E&S, a clear voice for science. We are at E&S. org.