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Conjunction (astronomy)
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Conjunction is a term used in positional astronomy and astrology
. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth
), two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky. The event is also sometimes known as an appulse
.
The astronomical and astrological symbol of conjunction is ☌ (in Unicode
x260c) and handwritten:
s, it means that they merely have the same right ascension
(and hence the same hour angle
). This is called conjunction in right ascension. However, there is also the term conjunction in ecliptical longitude. At such conjunction both objects have the same ecliptical longitude. Conjunction in right ascension and conjunction in ecliptical longitude do not normally take place at the same time, but in most cases nearly at the same time. However, at triple conjunction
s, it is possible that a conjunction only in right ascension (or ecliptical length) occur. At the time of conjunction - it does not matter if in right ascension or in ecliptical longitude - the involved planets are close together upon the celestial sphere
. In the vast majority of such cases, one of the planets will appear to pass north or south of the other.
at the time of a conjunction in right ascension
(or the same ecliptical latitude at a conjunction in ecliptical longitude), the one that is closer to the Earth will pass in front of the other. In such a case, a syzygy
takes place. If one object moves into the shadow of another, the event is an eclipse
. For example, if the Moon passes into the shadow of Earth and disappears from view, this event is called a lunar eclipse
. If the visible disk of the nearer object is considerably smaller than that of the farther object, the event is called a transit
. When Mercury passes in front of the Sun, it is a transit of Mercury
, and when Venus passes in front of the Sun, it is a transit of Venus
. When the nearer object appears larger than the farther one, it will completely obscure its smaller companion; this is called an occultation
. An example of an occultation is when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, causing the Sun to disappear either entirely or partially. This phenomenon is commonly known as a solar eclipse
(though the term is a misnomer). Occultations in which the larger body is neither the Sun nor the Moon are very rare. More frequent, however, is an occultation of a planet by the Moon
. Several such events are visible every year from various places on Earth.
, if an inferior
planet is on the opposite side of the Sun, it is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction occurs when the two planets lie in a line
on the same side of the Sun
. In an inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet.
The terms "inferior conjunction" and "superior conjunction" are used in particular for the planets Mercury
and Venus
, which are inferior planets
as seen from the Earth. However, this definition can be applied to any pair of planets, as seen from the one farther from the Sun.
A planet (or asteroid
or comet
) is simply said to be in conjunction, when it is in conjunction with the Sun
, as seen from the Earth. The Moon
is in conjunction with the Sun at New Moon
(or rather Dark Moon
).
"Quasi-conjunctions" are also possible; in this scenario, a planet in retrograde motion — always either Mercury
or Venus
— will "drop back" in right ascension until it almost allows another planet to overtake it, but then the former planet will resume its forward motion and thereafter appear to draw away from it again. This will occur in the morning sky, before dawn; or the reverse may happen in the evening sky after dusk, with Mercury or Venus entering retrograde motion just as it is about to overtake another planet (often Mercury and Venus are both of the planets involved, and when this situation arises they may remain in very close visual proximity for several days or even longer). The quasi-conjunction is reckoned as occurring at the time the distance in right ascension between the two planets is smallest, even though, when declination is taken into account, they may appear closer together shortly before or after this.
, Jupiter
, and the crescent moon
converge in a rare conjunction to form a tight triangle in the evening after sunset, visible worldwide. It was similar to a happy "V" face, or a frowning face.
Link below is the view from Mars toward the Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mercury,
Pluto alignment toward the Galactic Centre on 23 December 2007 which occurs just after
the Pluto/Jupiter (Heliocentric) conjunction on 23 November 2007.
NASA Solar System Simulator for 23 December 2007
Solar System on 22 December 2007. What is not shown is Pluto (which would be to Jupiter's right) Saturn, which follows down from Venus, and Uranus and Neptune. Saturn and Neptune form the cross's t-member. It is a 23/12 configuration. There will be a full moon on 23 December 2007.
occurred; in which Saturn
, Jupiter
, Mars
, Venus
and Mercury
were all visible concomitantly in the west-northwest sky, shortly after sundown; this will happen again in early July 2060, except that on that occasion the quintet will be bunched in the east-northeast sky, shortly before dawn.
, Venus
and Mars
— were within approximately 5° of one another, the Sun setting first, followed by Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, in that order, within 20 minutes. As in the 2000 conjunction above, this event was unobservable due to the Sun being part of the line-up.
and solar eclipse
of February 4–5, 1962, an extremely rare great conjunction
of the classical planets occurred (it included all five of the naked-eye planet
s plus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on the ecliptic
. At the precise moment of the new moon/solar eclipse, five celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter) were clustered within 3° of each other, with the Earth in close conjunction with them. Taken in totality though, this grand conjunction included the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, with the Earth also in alignment with the Sun and Moon at the exact moment of the new moon/solar eclipse (eight celestial bodies in total).
bodies occurred. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Saturn were all within 15° of each other, with Venus 5° ahead of this conjunction and Jupiter 15° behind. Accompanying the classical planets in this grand conjunction were Uranus
(technically visible unaided in pollution
-free skies) Ceres and Pallas
.
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
), two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky. The event is also sometimes known as an appulse
Appulse
Appulse is an astronomical term that refers to the very near approach of one celestial object to another, as seen from a third body. Usually it refers to the close approach of two planets together in the sky, or of the Moon to a star or planet as the Moon follows its monthly orbit around Earth, as...
.
The astronomical and astrological symbol of conjunction is ☌ (in Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
x260c) and handwritten:
Passing close
More generally, in the particular case of two planetPlanet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
s, it means that they merely have the same right ascension
Right ascension
Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:...
(and hence the same hour angle
Hour angle
In astronomy and celestial navigation, the hour angle is one of the coordinates used in the equatorial coordinate system to give the position of a point on the celestial sphere....
). This is called conjunction in right ascension. However, there is also the term conjunction in ecliptical longitude. At such conjunction both objects have the same ecliptical longitude. Conjunction in right ascension and conjunction in ecliptical longitude do not normally take place at the same time, but in most cases nearly at the same time. However, at triple conjunction
Triple conjunction
A triple conjunction is an astronomical event, where two planets or a planet and a star meet each other three times in a short period either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction, if an inferior planet is involved...
s, it is possible that a conjunction only in right ascension (or ecliptical length) occur. At the time of conjunction - it does not matter if in right ascension or in ecliptical longitude - the involved planets are close together upon the celestial sphere
Celestial sphere
In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius, concentric with the Earth and rotating upon the same axis. All objects in the sky can be thought of as projected upon the celestial sphere. Projected upward from Earth's equator and poles are the...
. In the vast majority of such cases, one of the planets will appear to pass north or south of the other.
Passing closer
However, if two celestial bodies attain the same declinationDeclination
In astronomy, declination is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Declination in astronomy is comparable to geographic latitude, but projected onto the celestial sphere. Declination is measured in degrees north and...
at the time of a conjunction in right ascension
Right ascension
Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:...
(or the same ecliptical latitude at a conjunction in ecliptical longitude), the one that is closer to the Earth will pass in front of the other. In such a case, a syzygy
Syzygy (astronomy)
In astronomy, a syzygy is a straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system. The word is usually used in reference to the Sun, the Earth and either the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of...
takes place. If one object moves into the shadow of another, the event is an eclipse
Eclipse
An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer...
. For example, if the Moon passes into the shadow of Earth and disappears from view, this event is called a lunar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a...
. If the visible disk of the nearer object is considerably smaller than that of the farther object, the event is called a transit
Astronomical transit
The term transit or astronomical transit has three meanings in astronomy:* A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point...
. When Mercury passes in front of the Sun, it is a transit of Mercury
Transit of Mercury
A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury comes between the Sun and the Earth, and Mercury is seen as a small black dot moving across the face of the Sun....
, and when Venus passes in front of the Sun, it is a transit of Venus
Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun...
. When the nearer object appears larger than the farther one, it will completely obscure its smaller companion; this is called an occultation
Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The word is used in astronomy . It can also refer to any situation wherein an object in the foreground blocks from view an object in the background...
. An example of an occultation is when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, causing the Sun to disappear either entirely or partially. This phenomenon is commonly known as a solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
(though the term is a misnomer). Occultations in which the larger body is neither the Sun nor the Moon are very rare. More frequent, however, is an occultation of a planet by the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
. Several such events are visible every year from various places on Earth.
Position of the observer
The term conjunction primarily refers to a phenomenon defined only for the position of the observer, not just to a celestial relationship. However, e.g. for moon and sun observed from the earth, conjunction as a classifying term may apply both to the positions of conjunction (both sun and moon observed jointly in one direction or with similar ecliptical longitude) and to opposition (both sun and moon observed separately in opposite directions or with ecliptical longitude 180 degrees apart).Superior and inferior
As seen from a planet that is superiorInferior and superior planets
The terms "inferior planet" and "superior planet" were originally used in the geocentric cosmology of Claudius Ptolemy to differentiate as 'inferior' those planets whose epicycle remained collinear with the Earth and Sun, compared to the 'superior' planets that did not.In the 16th century, the...
, if an inferior
Inferior and superior planets
The terms "inferior planet" and "superior planet" were originally used in the geocentric cosmology of Claudius Ptolemy to differentiate as 'inferior' those planets whose epicycle remained collinear with the Earth and Sun, compared to the 'superior' planets that did not.In the 16th century, the...
planet is on the opposite side of the Sun, it is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction occurs when the two planets lie in a line
Line (mathematics)
The notion of line or straight line was introduced by the ancient mathematicians to represent straight objects with negligible width and depth. Lines are an idealization of such objects...
on the same side of the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. In an inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet.
The terms "inferior conjunction" and "superior conjunction" are used in particular for the planets Mercury
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
and Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
, which are inferior planets
Inferior and superior planets
The terms "inferior planet" and "superior planet" were originally used in the geocentric cosmology of Claudius Ptolemy to differentiate as 'inferior' those planets whose epicycle remained collinear with the Earth and Sun, compared to the 'superior' planets that did not.In the 16th century, the...
as seen from the Earth. However, this definition can be applied to any pair of planets, as seen from the one farther from the Sun.
A planet (or asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
or comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
) is simply said to be in conjunction, when it is in conjunction with the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
, as seen from the Earth. The Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
is in conjunction with the Sun at New Moon
New moon
In astronomical terminology, the new moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth...
(or rather Dark Moon
Dark moon
A dark moon describes the Moon during that time that it is invisible against the backdrop of the Sun in the sky. The duration of a dark moon is between 1.5 and 3.5 days, depending on the orientation of the Earth and Sun....
).
"Quasi-conjunctions" are also possible; in this scenario, a planet in retrograde motion — always either Mercury
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
or Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
— will "drop back" in right ascension until it almost allows another planet to overtake it, but then the former planet will resume its forward motion and thereafter appear to draw away from it again. This will occur in the morning sky, before dawn; or the reverse may happen in the evening sky after dusk, with Mercury or Venus entering retrograde motion just as it is about to overtake another planet (often Mercury and Venus are both of the planets involved, and when this situation arises they may remain in very close visual proximity for several days or even longer). The quasi-conjunction is reckoned as occurring at the time the distance in right ascension between the two planets is smallest, even though, when declination is taken into account, they may appear closer together shortly before or after this.
Notable conjunctions
2008
On 1 December 2008, VenusVenus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
, Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
, and the crescent moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
converge in a rare conjunction to form a tight triangle in the evening after sunset, visible worldwide. It was similar to a happy "V" face, or a frowning face.
2007
A very remarkable planetary/galactic configuration occurred on 23–24 December 2007. The configuration on December 23 — Mars, Earth, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Galactic Centre — is shown in the graphic simulation linked below; it becomes even more remarkable in that it was accompanied by the Full Moon (conjunct Mars) at about 2 a.m. on December 24 when a simultaneous Venus square Neptune occurred. It is even more remarkable in that the Pluto/Sun conjunction appears exactly on the December Solstice, just past conjunction with the Galactic Centre.Link below is the view from Mars toward the Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mercury,
Pluto alignment toward the Galactic Centre on 23 December 2007 which occurs just after
the Pluto/Jupiter (Heliocentric) conjunction on 23 November 2007.
NASA Solar System Simulator for 23 December 2007
Solar System on 22 December 2007. What is not shown is Pluto (which would be to Jupiter's right) Saturn, which follows down from Venus, and Uranus and Neptune. Saturn and Neptune form the cross's t-member. It is a 23/12 configuration. There will be a full moon on 23 December 2007.
2002
In late April 2002, a rare great conjunctionGreat conjunction
A Great Conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. The last Great Conjunction took place on May 31, 2000, while the next one will be in late December 2020. Great Conjunctions take place regularly, every 18–20 years, as a result of the combined ~12-year orbital period of Jupiter...
occurred; in which Saturn
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
, Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
, Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
, Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
and Mercury
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
were all visible concomitantly in the west-northwest sky, shortly after sundown; this will happen again in early July 2060, except that on that occasion the quintet will be bunched in the east-northeast sky, shortly before dawn.
2000
In May 2000, the five brightest planets aligned within 20° of the Sun, as seen from the Earth. This could not be observed since they were too close to the Sun.1987
On August 24, 1987, the five objects closest to Earth — the Sun, Moon, MercuryMercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
, Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
and Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
— were within approximately 5° of one another, the Sun setting first, followed by Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, in that order, within 20 minutes. As in the 2000 conjunction above, this event was unobservable due to the Sun being part of the line-up.
1962
During the new moonNew moon
In astronomical terminology, the new moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth...
and solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
of February 4–5, 1962, an extremely rare great conjunction
Great conjunction
A Great Conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. The last Great Conjunction took place on May 31, 2000, while the next one will be in late December 2020. Great Conjunctions take place regularly, every 18–20 years, as a result of the combined ~12-year orbital period of Jupiter...
of the classical planets occurred (it included all five of the naked-eye planet
Naked-eye planet
In antiquity the classical planets were the non-fixed objects visible in the sky, known to various ancient cultures. The classical planets were therefore the Sun and Moon and the five non-earth planets of our solar system closest to the sun ; all easily visible without a telescope. They are...
s plus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on the ecliptic
Ecliptic
The ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun. In more accurate terms, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the ecliptic plane, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun...
. At the precise moment of the new moon/solar eclipse, five celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter) were clustered within 3° of each other, with the Earth in close conjunction with them. Taken in totality though, this grand conjunction included the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, with the Earth also in alignment with the Sun and Moon at the exact moment of the new moon/solar eclipse (eight celestial bodies in total).
1899
During the new moon on December 2–3, 1899, a near-grand conjunction of the classical planets and several other binocularBinoculars
Binoculars, field glasses or binocular telescopes are a pair of identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes when viewing distant objects...
bodies occurred. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Saturn were all within 15° of each other, with Venus 5° ahead of this conjunction and Jupiter 15° behind. Accompanying the classical planets in this grand conjunction were Uranus
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
(technically visible unaided in pollution
Air pollution
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment, into the atmosphere....
-free skies) Ceres and Pallas
2 Pallas
Pallas, formally designated 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered , and one of the largest. It is estimated to constitute 7% of the mass of the asteroid belt, and its diameter of 530–565 km is comparable to, or slightly larger than, that of 4 Vesta. It is however 20%...
.
2005
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 2005 | 07:04:06 | Venus | 7°27' south of | Pluto | 20,8° West |
| January 5, 2005 | 00:58:49 | Mercury | 6°59' south of | Pluto | 21,6° West |
| January 14, 2005 | 00:40:51 | Mercury | 21' south of | Venus | 18.5° West |
| January 29, 2005 | 07:05:35 | Mars | 8°15' south of | Pluto | 45,5° West |
| February 8, 2005 | 01:29:22 | Mercury | 2°04' south of | Neptune | 4.2° West |
| February 14, 2005 | 19:15:10 | Venus | 58' south of | Neptune | 10.7° West |
| February 20, 2005 | 00:46:34 | Mercury | 1°00' south of | Uranus | 4.9° East |
| March 4, 2005 | 03:31:36 | Venus | 41' south of | Uranus | 6.6° West |
| March 28, 2005 | 22:31:53 | Mercury | 4°49' north of | Venus | 1.5° West |
| April 13, 2005 | 00:26:23 | Mars | 1°15' south of | Neptune | 66.0° West |
| May 14, 2005 | 20:24:10 | Mars | 1°11' south of | Uranus | 73.8° West |
| June 25, 2005 | 21:22:52 | Venus | 1°18' north of | Saturn | 22.8° East |
| June 26, 2005 | 06:13:43 | Mercury | 1°25' north of | Saturn | 22.5° East |
| June 27, 2005 | 20:18:55 | Mercury | 5' south of | Venus | 23.3° East |
| July 7, 2005 | 08:21:22 | Mercury | 1°38' south of | Venus | 25.8° East |
| September 2, 2005 | 12:05:52 | Venus | 1°22' south of | Jupiter | 38.7° East |
| October 6, 2005 | 07:01:37 | Mercury | 1°28' south of | Jupiter | 12.6° East |
| October 29, 2005 | 16:11:20 | Venus | 11°08' south of | Pluto | 46,8° East |
| December 31, 2005 | 15:55:12 | Mercury | 7°36' south of | Pluto | 14,9° West |
2006
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2006 | 02:23:03 | Mercury | 7°53'south of | Venus | 6.5° West |
| February 1, 2006 | 12:13:51 | Mercury | 1°57' north of | Neptune | 4.5° East |
| February 14, 2006 | 15:40:57 | Mercury | 2' north of | Uranus | 14.1° East |
| March 26, 2006 | 21:02:41 | Venus | 1°52' north of | Neptune | 46.5° West |
| April 18, 2006 | 12:27:31 | Venus | 19' north of | Uranus | 45.0° West |
| June 17, 2006 | 22:50:40 | Mars | 35' north of | Saturn | 42.0° East |
| August 20, 2006 | 22:40:10 | Mercury | 31' north of | Saturn | 11.2° West |
| August 26, 2006 | 23:09:47 | Venus | 4' north of | Saturn | 16.3° West |
| September 15, 2006 | 20:32:28 | Mercury | 10' south of | Mars | 12.1° East |
| October 24, 2006 | 19:44:11 | Venus | 43' north of | Mars | 0.6° West |
| October 25, 2006 | 21:42:16 | Mercury | 3°56' south of | Jupiter | 21.2° East |
| October 28, 2006 | 16:32:15 | Mercury | 3°43' south of | Jupiter | 19.1° East |
| November 7, 2006 | 13:36:58 | Mercury | 1°14' south of | Venus | 2.8° East |
| November 11, 2006 | 17:51:38 | Mercury | 39' north of | Mars | 6.2° West |
| November 15, 2006 | 22:52:15 | Venus | 27' south of | Jupiter | 4.8° East |
| December 8, 2006 | 07:56:23 | Venus | 7°30' south of | Pluto | 10,3° East |
| December 9, 2006 | 20:17:18 | Mercury | 1°02' north of | Mars | 15.1° West |
| December 10, 2006 | 16:31:09 | Mercury | 8' north of | Jupiter | 14.8° West |
| December 11, 2006 | 23:34:02 | Mars | 49' south of | Jupiter | 15.7° West |
| December 25, 2006 | 22:36:44 | Mercury | 7°48' south of | Pluto | 15.7° West |
2007
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2007 | 14:35:37 | Mars | 7°19' south of | Pluto | 25,4° West |
| January 18, 2007 | 18:10:50 | Venus | 1°25' south of | Neptune | 20.1° East |
| January 26, 2007 | 06:46:07 | Mercury | 1°28' south of | Neptune | 12.7° East |
| February 7, 2007 | 13:13:57 | Venus | 44' south of | Uranus | 24.6° East |
| March 25, 2007 | 07:23:59 | Mars | 1°00' south of | Neptune | 43.2° West |
| April 1, 2007 | 06:59:14 | Mercury | 1°37' south of | Uranus | 25.0° West |
| April 28, 2007 | 18:57:38 | Mars | 44' south of | Uranus | 50.6° West |
| July 2, 2007 | 00:44:38 | Venus | 46' south of | Saturn | 42.6° East |
| August 9, 2007 | 08:46:28 | Venus | 8°29' south of | Saturn | 10.6° East |
| August 15, 2007 | 22:59:23 | Mercury | 10°04' north of | Venus | 1.8° East |
| August 18, 2007 | 11:30:22 | Mercury | 30' north of | Saturn | 3.2° East |
| October 15, 2007 | 14:05:43 | Venus | 2°56' south of | Saturn | 45,8° West |
| December 12, 2007 | 04:24:10 | Jupiter | 6°07' south of | Pluto | 8,7° East |
| December 19, 2007 | 19:58:57 | Mercury | 7°50' south of | Pluto | 2,0° East |
| December 20, 2007 | 21:46:21 | Mercury | 1°48' south of | Jupiter | 1,9° East |
2008
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2008 | 04:14:53 | Mercury | 20' north of | Neptune | 18.5° East |
| January 24, 2008 | 06:59:58 | Venus | 5°10' south of | Pluto | 33.7° West |
| February 1, 2008 | 04:14:53 | Mercury | 3°11' north of | Neptune | 9° East |
| February 1, 2008 | 12:35:21 | Venus | 35' north of | Jupiter | 32° West |
| February 26, 2008 | 02:34:04 | Mercury | 1°20' north of | Venus | 26.1° West |
| March 6, 2008 | 20:14:29 | Venus | 36' south of | Neptune | 24° West |
| March 9, 2008 | 02:48:02 | Mercury | 56' south of | Neptune | 26.2° West |
| March 23, 2008 | 10:13:50 | Mercury | 1°03' south of | Venus | 20.3° West |
| March 27, 2008 | 17:00:46 | Venus | 45' south of | Uranus | 18.6° West |
| June 8, 2008 | 00:51:42 | Mercury | 2°59' south of | Venus | 0.3° West |
| July 11, 2008 | 06:27:25 | Mars | 42' south of | Saturn | 46.2° East |
| August 13, 2008 | 19:02:26 | Venus | 14' south of | Saturn | 18° East |
| August 16, 2008 | 00:03:43 | Mercury | 42' south of | Saturn | 16.1° East |
| August 23, 2008 | 05:08:57 | Mercury | 1°15' south of | Venus | 20.5° East |
| September 11, 2008 | 04:50:56 | Mercury | 3°34' south of | Venus | 25.4° East |
| September 11, 2008 | 20:36:33 | Venus | 20' north of | Mars | 25.5° East |
| September 12, 2008 | 20:59:16 | Mercury | 3°26' south of | Mars | 25.3° East |
| September 19, 2008 | 05:13:06 | Mercury | 4°08' south of | Mars | 23.3° East |
| November 12, 2008 | 06:27:14 | Venus | 7°53' south of | Pluto | 39.4° East |
| December 1, 2008 | 00:36:13 | Venus | 2°02' south of | Jupiter | 42.7° East |
| December 12, 2008 | 18:12:39 | Mercury | 7°44' south of | Pluto | 9.6° East |
| December 27, 2008 | 01:50:46 | Venus | 1°45' south of | Neptune | 46.2° East |
| December 28, 2008 | 18:13:36 | Mars | 6°22' south of | Pluto | 6.3° West |
| December 31, 2008 | 05:54:23 | Mercury | 1°17' south of | Jupiter | 18.6° East |
2009
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2009 | 06:19:19 | Mercury | 3°15' north of | Jupiter | 4.7° East |
| January 23, 2009 | 15:34:10 | Venus | 1°24' north of | Uranus | 46.3° East |
| January 26, 2009 | 18:23:39 | Mercury | 4°25' north of | Mars | 13.5° West |
| February 17, 2009 | 09:35:27 | Mars | 35' south of | Jupiter | 18.8° West |
| February 24, 2009 | 03:08:31 | Mercury | 37' north of | Jupiter | 24.1° West |
| March 1, 2009 | 20:21:59 | Mercury | 36' south of | Mars | 21.8° West |
| March 5, 2009 | 00:52:04 | Mercury | 1°39' south of | Neptune | 19.9° West |
| March 8, 2009 | 04:18:03 | Mars | 48' south of | Neptune | 22.9° West |
| March 21, 2009 | 21:36:59 | Mercury | 1°24' south of | Uranus | 8.3° West |
| March 27, 2009 | 11:31:44 | Mercury | 10°37' south of | Venus | 4° West |
| April 15, 2009 | 03:46:10 | Mars | 28' south of | Uranus | 30.9° West |
| April 18, 2009 | 16:22:43 | Venus | 5°36' north of | Mars | 29.8° West |
| May 25, 2009 | 14:20:29 | Jupiter | 24' south of | Neptune | 98° West |
| June 19, 2009 | 14:16:32 | Venus | 2°02' south of | Mars | 44.6° West |
| July 13, 2009 | 17:22:12 | Jupiter | 37' south of | Neptune | 145.5° West |
| August 18, 2009 | 21:20:26 | Mercury | 3°27' south of | Saturn | 25.4° East |
| September 20, 2009 | 12:26:59 | Mercury | 5°24' south of | Saturn | 3° West |
| October 8, 2009 | 09:19:27 | Mercury | 19' south of | Saturn | 17.6° West |
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22.1° West |
| December 7, 2009 | 06:57:29 | Mercury | 7°29' south of | Pluto | 17.1° East |
| December 20, 2009 | 05:35:39 | Jupiter | 34' south of | Neptune | 55.6° East |
| December 28, 2009 | 04:21:10 | Venus | 5°24' south of | Pluto | 3.5° West |
2010
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2010 | 07:30:46 | Mercury | 3°26' north of | Venus | 1.7° West |
| February 7, 2010 | 22:43:25 | Venus | 1°04' south of | Neptune | 6.6° East |
| February 16, 2010 | 21:09:36 | Venus | 35' south of | Jupiter | 8.8° East |
| February 27, 2010 | 05:07:37 | Mercury | 1°48' south of | Neptune | 11.9° West |
| March 3, 2010 | 22:43:19 | Venus | 40' south of | Uranus | 12.4° East |
| March 7, 2010 | 19:00:44 | Mercury | 1°11' south of | Jupiter | 5.7° West |
| March 15, 2010 | 17:56:56 | Mercury | 44' south of | Uranus | 1.6° East |
| June 6, 2010 | 18:30:37 | Jupiter | 28' south of | Uranus | 75.7° West |
| August 1, 2010 | 19:41:06 | Mars | 1°56' south of | Saturn | 51.5° East |
| August 10, 2010 | 01:44:26 | Venus | 3°8' south of | Saturn | 44.4° East |
| August 23, 2010 | 21:29:05 | Venus | 2°27' south of | Mars | 44.9° East |
| September 22, 2010 | 19:53:12 | Jupiter | 53' south of | Uranus | 177.8° East |
| September 29, 2010 | 06:21:23 | Venus | 6°30' south of | Mars | 33.7° East |
| October 8, 2010 | 14:57:51 | Mercury | 35' south of | Saturn | 6.5° West |
| October 24, 2010 | 11:04:41 | Mercury | 7°11' north of | Venus | 4.9° East |
| November 21, 2010 | 00:50:16 | Mercury | 1°41' south of | Mars | 18.7° East |
| December 13, 2010 | 22:03:19 | Mars | 5°26' south of | Pluto | 12.7° East |
| December 14, 2010 | 03:33:06 | Mercury | 1°02' north of | Mars | 12.7° East |
2011
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 2011 | 13:41:09 | Jupiter | 34' south of | Uranus | 75° East |
| January 18, 2011 | 02:28:33 | Mercury | 4°05' south of | Pluto | 21.9° West |
| February 9, 2011 | 23:24:13 | Venus | 2°20' south of | Pluto | 44.4° West |
| February 20, 2011 | 13:50:48 | Mercury | 1°04' south of | Mars | 3.7° West |
| February 20, 2011 | 17:08:01 | Mercury | 1°41' south of | Neptune | 3.2° West |
| February 20, 2011 | 21:28:33 | Mars | 38' south of | Neptune | 3.4° West |
| March 9, 2011 | 18:00:45 | Mercury | 22' north of | Uranus | 11.1° East |
| March 16, 2011 | 17:25:56 | Mercury | 2°20' north of | Jupiter | 15.7° West |
| March 27, 2011 | 00:37:44 | Venus | 9' south of | Neptune | 36.3° West |
| April 3, 2011 | 17:42:55 | Mars | 14' south of | Uranus | 12.4° West |
| April 10, 2011 | 20:05:01 | Mercury | 3°31' north of | Jupiter | 2.8° West |
| April 19, 2011 | 08:23:49 | Mercury | 47' north of | Mars | 15.4° West |
| April 22, 2011 | 18:50:51 | Venus | 55' south of | Uranus | 30° West |
| May 1, 2011 | 11:04:55 | Mars | 24' north of | Jupiter | 18.2° West |
| May 10, 2011 | 22:46:50 | Mercury | 2°12' south of | Jupiter | 25.3° West |
| May 11, 2011 | 09:14:56 | Venus | 37' south of | Jupiter | 25.7° West |
| May 20, 2011 | 01:17:23 | Mercury | 2°21' south of | Mars | 22.2° West |
| May 22, 2011 | 15:13:00 | Venus | 1°03' south of | Mars | 22.7° West |
| August 15, 2011 | 23:17:56 | Mercury | 6°21' south of | Venus | 1.3° West |
| September 30, 2011 | 11:07:16 | Venus | 1°24' south of | Saturn | 11.8° East |
| October 7, 2011 | 08:58:32 | Mercury | 1°52' south of | Saturn | 6.1° East |
| December 1, 2011 | 08:52:19 | Venus | 5°26' south of | Pluto | 27.2° East |
2012
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2012 | 08:46:52 | Mercury | 4°34' south of | Pluto | 15.1° West |
| February 10, 2012 | 05:19:14 | Venus | 20' north of | Uranus | 41.3° East |
| February 14, 2012 | 00:40:40 | Mercury | 1°18' south of | Neptune | 5.5° East |
| March 6, 2012 | 23:35:54 | Mercury | 3°05' north of | Uranus | 16.7° East |
| March 15, 2012 | 10:37:46 | Venus | 3°16' north of | Jupiter | 44.6° East |
| March 16, 2012 | 02:11:51 | Mercury | 4°36' north of | Uranus | 8.2° East |
| April 22, 2012 | 02:00:45 | Mercury | 2°08' south of | Uranus | 26.3° West |
| May 22, 2012 | 07:12:01 | Mercury | 24' north of | Jupiter | 6.3° West |
| June 1, 2012 | 20:40:22 | Mercury | 12' north of | Venus | 6.7° East |
| August 17, 2012 | 08:46:15 | Mars | 2°54' south of | Saturn | 60.1° East |
| October 6, 2012 | 07:06:36 | Mercury | 3°29' north of | Saturn | 16.8° East |
| November 27, 2012 | 05:14:02 | Venus | 34' south of | Saturn | 29.0° West |
| November 27, 2012 | 11:19:37 | Mars | 4°33' south of | Pluto | 32.3° East |
2013
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2013 | 11:38:14 | Mercury | 4°40' south of | Pluto | 7.3° West |
| January 16, 2013 | 20:45:35 | Venus | 3°17' south of | Pluto | 17.3° West |
| February 4, 2013 | 16:05:34 | Mars | 26' south of | Neptune | 16.1° East |
| February 6, 2013 | 20:41:22 | Mercury | 28' south of | Neptune | 13.9° East |
| February 8, 2013 | 21:09:19 | Mercury | 18' north of | Mars | 15.1° East |
| February 24, 2013 | 22:31:25 | Mercury | 4°15' north of | Mars | 11.6° East |
| February 28, 2013 | 08:10:56 | Venus | 46' south of | Neptune | 6.8° West |
| March 6, 2013 | 07:21:59 | Mercury | 5°20' north of | Venus | 5° West |
| March 22, 2013 | 18:23:53 | Mars | 1' north of | Uranus | 5.9° East |
| March 28, 2013 | 17:14:45 | Venus | 43' south of | Uranus | 0.7° East |
| April 6, 2013 | 15:45:52 | Venus | 42' south of | Mars | 2.6° East |
| April 19, 2013 | 21:11:39 | Mercury | 2°02' south of | Uranus | 20.3° West |
| May 7, 2013 | 22:16:22 | Mercury | 26' south of | Mars | 4.6° West |
| May 25, 2013 | 03:52:17 | Mercury | 1°22' north of | Venus | 15° West |
| May 27, 2013 | 09:47:09 | Mercury | 2°22' north of | Jupiter | 17° East |
| May 28, 2013 | 20:39:31 | Venus | 1° north of | Jupiter | 15.9° East |
| June 20, 2013 | 17:37:02 | Mercury | 1°57' south of | Venus | 22° East |
| July 22, 2013 | 05:45:11 | Mars | 47' north of | Jupiter | 23.7° West |
| September 20, 2013 | 00:14:06 | Venus | 3°45' south of | Saturn | 41.7° East |
| October 10, 2013 | 18:40:54 | Mercury | 5°24' north of | Saturn | 23.6° East |
| October 28, 2013 | 21:00:50 | Mercury | 4°06' north of | Saturn | 7.9° East |
| November 15, 2013 | 08:14:35 | Venus | 6°34' south of | Pluto | 46.3° East |
| November 26, 2013 | 03:39:41 | Mercury | 20' south of | Saturn | 17.5° West |
| December 31, 2013 | 05:39:50 | Mercury | 4°34' south of | Pluto | 2.1° East |
2014
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2014 | 10:28:53 | Mercury | 6°27' south of | Venus | 5.9° East |
| March 22, 2014 | 11:38:46 | Mercury | 1°15' south of | Neptune | 25.7° West |
| April 12, 2014 | 08:19:49 | Venus | 42' north of | Neptune | 45.4° West |
| April 14, 2014 | 16:11:35 | Mercury | 1°23' south of | Uranus | 11.5° West |
| May 15, 2014 | 13:14:02 | Venus | 1°16' south of | Uranus | 39.9° West |
| August 2, 2014 | 16:39:29 | Mercury | 58' north of | Jupiter | 6.5° West |
| August 18, 2014 | 04:08:26 | Venus | 12' north of | Jupiter | 17.9° West |
| August 27, 2014 | 13:16:34 | Mars | 3°34' south of | Saturn | 73.6° East |
| October 17, 2014 | 08:02:46 | Mercury | 2°44' south of | Venus | 1.7° West |
| November 13, 2014 | 09:04:07 | Venus | 1°36' south of | Saturn | 4.8° East |
| November 26, 2014 | 09:01:16 | Mercury | 1°43' south of | Saturn | 6.8° West |
| December 20, 2014 | 15:07:52 | Venus | 3°15' south of | Pluto | 13.9° East |
| December 25, 2014 | 00:33:44 | Mercury | 4°20' south of | Pluto | 9.6° East |
| December 30, 2014 | 07:25:46 | Mercury | 3°44' south of | Venus | 12.6° East |
2015
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2015 | 16:30:15 | Mercury | 1°40' south of | Venus | 16.1° East |
| January 19, 2015 | 21:33:54 | Mars | 14' south of | Neptune | 36.4° East |
| February 1, 2015 | 11:31:23 | Venus | 50' south of | Neptune | 23.8° East |
| February 21, 2015 | 19:43:28 | Venus | 28' south of | Mars | 28.4° East |
| March 4, 2015 | 19:30:15 | Venus | 6' north of | Uranus | 30.8° East |
| March 11, 2015 | 19:50:33 | Mars | 17' north of | Uranus | 24.1° East |
| March 17, 2015 | 23:40:08 | Mercury | 1°36' south of | Neptune | 19.1° West |
| April 8, 2015 | 09:55:57 | Mercury | 31' south of | Uranus | 1.8° West |
| April 23, 2015 | 07:09:00 | Mercury | 1°23' north of | Mars | 13.7° East |
| May 27, 2015 | 15:20:33 | Mercury | 1°41' south of | Mars | 4.8° East |
| July 1, 2015 | 14:17:16 | Venus | 24' south of | Jupiter | 42.2° East |
| July 16, 2015 | 04:29:03 | Mercury | 8' south of | Mars | 8.9° West |
| July 31, 2015 | 19:47:59 | Venus | 6°26' south of | Jupiter | 19.5° East |
| August 5, 2015 | 08:52:16 | Mercury | 8°11' north of | Venus | 13.1° East |
| August 7, 2015 | 04:04:09 | Mercury | 35' north of | Jupiter | 14.6° East |
| August 29, 2015 | 05:18:53 | Venus | 9°25' south of | Mars | 21.3° West |
| October 17, 2015 | 13:50:10 | Mars | 24' north of | Jupiter | 39.8° West |
| October 26, 2015 | 08:14:32 | Venus | 1°04' south of | Jupiter | 46.4° West |
| November 3, 2015 | 16:08:44 | Venus | 42' south of | Mars | 46.2° West |
| November 25, 2015 | 12:33:25 | Mercury | 2°46' south of | Saturn | 4.3° East |
| December 19, 2015 | 11:57:00 | Mercury | 3°51' south of | Pluto | 17.1° East |
2016
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2016 | 03:57:19 | Venus | 5' north of | Saturn | 36.3° West |
| January 22, 2016 | 01:22:51 | Mercury | 1°47' south of | Pluto | 15.7° West |
| January 30, 2016 | 09:07:34 | Mercury | 32' north of | Pluto | 23.9° West |
| February 5, 2016 | 22:35:53 | Venus | 1°06' south of | Pluto | 30.3° West |
| March 10, 2016 | 22:12:11 | Mercury | 1°30' south of | Neptune | 10.9° West |
| March 20, 2016 | 13:51:16 | Venus | 32' south of | Neptune | 20.1° West |
| March 31, 2016 | 23:41:55 | Mercury | 38' north of | Uranus | 8.3° East |
| April 22, 2016 | 14:17:27 | Venus | 52' south of | Uranus | 11.7° West |
| May 13, 2016 | 20:49:07 | Mercury | 26' south of | Venus | 6.5° West |
| July 16, 2016 | 17:39:09 | Mercury | 32' north of | Venus | 10.9° East |
| August 25, 2016 | 17:52:42 | Mars | 4°23' south of | Saturn | 97° East |
| August 27, 2016 | 04:57:57 | Mercury | 5°16' south of | Venus | 22.1° East |
| August 27, 2016 | 21:47:56 | Venus | 4' north of | Jupiter | 22.3° East |
| October 11, 2016 | 04:17:47 | Mercury | 52' north of | Jupiter | 11.5° West |
| October 18, 2016 | 22:30:58 | Mars | 3°20' south of | Pluto | 78.7° East |
| October 30, 2016 | 08:25:30 | Venus | 3°02' south of | Saturn | 36.9° East |
| November 24, 2016 | 00:38:02 | Mercury | 3°28' south of | Saturn | 14.8° East |
| November 25, 2016 | 03:22:23 | Venus | 3°29' south of | Pluto | 42.1° East |
2017
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2017 | 06:46:46 | Mars | 1' south of | Neptune | 58.7° East |
| January 13, 2017 | 01:46:45 | Venus | 25' north of | Neptune | 47° East |
| January 29, 2017 | 17:27:59 | Mercury | 1°11' north of | Pluto | 22.1° West |
| February 27, 2017 | 08:20:34 | Mars | 37' north of | Uranus | 43.1° East |
| March 4, 2017 | 05:34:17 | Mercury | 1°08' south of | Neptune | 2.2° West |
| March 16, 2017 | 23:21:32 | Mercury | 9°33' south of | Venus | 9.5° East |
| March 27, 2017 | 05:55:27 | Mercury | 2°25' north of | Uranus | 16.7° East |
| April 28, 2017 | 17:52:58 | Mercury | 9' south of | Uranus | 13.4° West |
| May 7, 2017 | 23:22:48 | Mercury | 2°14' south of | Uranus | 21.8° West |
| June 2, 2017 | 14:41:15 | Venus | 1°47' south of | Uranus | 45.2° West |
| June 28, 2017 | 18:17:30 | Mercury | 47' north of | Mars | 8.7° East |
| September 2, 2017 | 00:07:46 | Mercury | 4°06' south of | Mars | 10.8° West |
| September 16, 2017 | 18:23:28 | Mercury | 3' north of | Mars | 16.9° West |
| October 5, 2017 | 13:25:48 | Venus | 13' north of | Mars | 23.4° West |
| October 18, 2017 | 14:56:38 | Mercury | 1°01' south of | Jupiter | 6.4° East |
| November 13, 2017 | 06:10:03 | Venus | 17' north of | Jupiter | 13.8° West |
| November 28, 2017 | 09:36:06 | Mercury | 3°03' south of | Saturn | 21.1° East |
| December 6, 2017 | 11:29:41 | Mercury | 1°21' south of | Saturn | 13.9° East |
| December 15, 2017 | 16:04:48 | Mercury | 2°14' north of | Venus | 5.9° West |
| December 25, 2017 | 17:49:20 | Venus | 1°08' south of | Saturn | 3.5° West |
2018
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2018 | 03:40:50 | Mars | 13' south of | Jupiter | 58.8° West |
| January 24, 2018 | 17:14:05 | Mercury | 1°33' south of | Pluto | 15.1° West |
| February 21, 2018 | 14:19:55 | Venus | 35' south of | Neptune | 10.5° East |
| February 25, 2018 | 10:07:00 | Mercury | 29' south of | Neptune | 6.9° East |
| March 5, 2018 | 18:28:59 | Mercury | 1°24' north of | Venus | 13.4° East |
| March 18, 2018 | 01:16:29 | Mercury | 3°53' north of | Venus | 16.4° East |
| March 29, 2018 | 0:13:21 | Venus | 4' south of | Uranus | 19° East |
| April 2, 2018 | 11:53:07 | Mars | 1°16' south of | Saturn | 93.7° West |
| April 26, 2018 | 00:01:38 | Mars | 1°25' south of | Pluto | 104.4° West |
| May 12, 2018 | 21:01:21 | Mercury | 2°24' south of | Uranus | 22.2° West |
| October 14, 2018 | 15:20:14 | Mercury | 6°49' north of | Venus | 15.8° East |
| October 30, 2018 | 03:38:40 | Mercury | 3°16' south of | Jupiter | 21.3° East |
| December 7, 2018 | 14:55:51 | Mars | 2' south of | Neptune | 88.3° East |
| December 21, 2018 | 14:43:16 | Mercury | 52' north of | Jupiter | 20.1° West |
2019
| Date | Time UTC | Planet | Angle distance | Planet | Elongation to sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2019 | 10:48:09 | Mercury | 1°43' south of | Saturn | 10.1° West |
| January 18, 2019 | 16:22:46 | Mercury | 1°33' south of | Pluto | 7.1° West |
| January 22, 2019 | 05:47:42 | Venus | 2°26' north of | Jupiter | 45.9° West |
| February 13, 2019 | 20:06:54 | Uranus | 1°03' north of | Neptune | 64.4° East |
| February 18, 2019 | 13:54:15 | Venus | 1°05' north of | Saturn | 42.7° West |
| February 19, 2019 | 11:09:52 | Mercury | 46' north of | Neptune | 15.1° East |
| February 23, 2019 | 08:37:56 | Neptune | 1°25' north of | Pluto | 41.9° West |
| March 22, 2019 | 06:18:30 | Mercury | 3°24' north of | Neptune | 13.5° West |
| April 2, 2019 | 18:54:11 | Mercury | 23' north of | Neptune | 25.5° West |
| April 10, 2019 | 03:52:24 | Venus | 18' south of | Neptune | 32.6° West |
| May 8, 2019 | 08:12:50 | Mercury | 1°23' south of | Uranus | 14.1° West |
| May 18, 2019 | 08:12:13 | Venus | 1°09' south of | Uranus | 23.2° West |
| June 18, 2019 | 14:34:40 | Mercury | 14' north of | Mars | 24.4° East |
| July 7, 2019 | 13:33:33 | Mercury | 3°50' south of | Mars | 18.4° East |
| July 24, 2019 | 10:32:05 | Mercury | 5°43' south of | Venus | 5.8° West |
| August 24, 2019 | 12:34:05 | Venus | 19' north of | Mars | 3.1° East |
| September 3, 2019 | 10:44:25 | Mercury | 42' north of | Mars | 1.1° West |
| September 13, 2019 | 21:35:21 | Mercury | 20' south of | Venus | 8.5° East |
| October 30, 2019 | 08:29:03 | Mercury | 2°43' south of | Venus | 20.3° East |
| November 24, 2019 | 14:00:35 | Venus | 1°24' south of | Jupiter | 26.2° East |
| December 11, 2019 | 04:42:34 | Venus | 1°49' south of | Saturn | 30° East |
| December 13, 2019 | 11:36:37 | Venus | 1°09' south of | Pluto | 30.5° East |
See also
- AstrometryAstrometryAstrometry is the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. The information obtained by astrometric measurements provides information on the kinematics and physical origin of our Solar System and our Galaxy, the Milky...
- Positional astronomy
- Astronomical opposition
- Elongation
- Great conjunctionGreat conjunctionA Great Conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. The last Great Conjunction took place on May 31, 2000, while the next one will be in late December 2020. Great Conjunctions take place regularly, every 18–20 years, as a result of the combined ~12-year orbital period of Jupiter...
- Great conjunction#Greatest conjunction
- Syzygy (astronomy)Syzygy (astronomy)In astronomy, a syzygy is a straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system. The word is usually used in reference to the Sun, the Earth and either the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of...
- Transit of VenusTransit of VenusA transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun...
- Triple conjunctionTriple conjunctionA triple conjunction is an astronomical event, where two planets or a planet and a star meet each other three times in a short period either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction, if an inferior planet is involved...
- Astrological aspects
- Cazimi (an extremely close conjunction involving the Sun, when a planet is conjoined with the Sun within 17 arc minutes of exactitude from the center of the solar disc)
- Combust (a moderate to close conjunction involving the Sun and another planet, though it is not as close as Cazimi)
