Thread: Inferior Conjunctions of Venus with Earth
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Old 26-August-2007, 09:52 AM
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Earth and Venus orbit the sun. At some points one planet is on one side of the sun while the other planet is on the other. Far away from eachother. Bad time to launch a probe. Or a bug.

At other points they are on the same side during their orbits and that is when they are closest to eachother.
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