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2. Planetary phase - Wikipedia

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   The superior planets, orbiting outside the Earth's orbit, do not exhibit a full range of phases since their maximum phase angles are smaller than 90°. Mars often appears significantly gibbous, it has a maximum phase angle of 45°. Jupiter has a maximum phase angle of 11.1° and Saturn of 6°, [1] so their phases are almost always full.

3. Template:List of minor planets/See also - Wikipedia

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   This template is used to create the ==See also== section at the bottom of each minor planet list page. It also adds a " back to top " link to make the table of contents navigation bar more accessible.

4. Phase angle (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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   For some objects, such as the Moon (see lunar phases), Venus and Mercury the phase angle (as seen from the Earth) covers the full 0–180° range. The superior planets cover shorter ranges. For example, for Mars the maximum phase angle is about 45°. For Jupiter, the maximum is 11.1° and for Saturn 6°. [1]

5. Inferior and superior planets - Wikipedia

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   In the reference frame of the Earth, where the terms were originally used, the inferior planets are Mercury and Venus, while the superior planets are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Dwarf planets like Ceres or Pluto and most asteroids are 'superior' in the sense that they almost all orbit outside the orbit of Earth.

6. Template:Orbitbox planet - Wikipedia

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   The following templates are used together and (excluding the beginning and end) can be used multiple times in the same list as listed below. {{Orbitbox planet begin}} {{Orbitbox planet}} (only for extrasolar planets and unsure objects [not brown dwarfs]). {{Orbitbox planet hypothetical}} (only for hypothetical planets)

7. Template:Solar System table - Wikipedia

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8. Quadrature (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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   Diagram showing the eastern and western quadratures of a superior planet like Mars. In spherical astronomy, quadrature is the configuration of a celestial object in which its elongation is a right angle (90 degrees), i.e., the direction of the object as viewed from Earth is perpendicular to the position of the Sun relative to Earth.

9. Phase curve (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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   The apparent brightness of Mercury as seen from Earth is greatest at phase angle 0° (superior conjunction with the Sun) when it can reach magnitude −2.6. [14] At phase angles approaching 180° ( inferior conjunction ) the planet fades to about magnitude +5 [ 14 ] with the exact brightness depending on the phase angle at that particular ...