Exterior Planets are- well, the rest of them! Planets also have other places they can be in their orbits- elongations! They are still determined by the planet’s relative position to Earth (and the way we revolve).
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This is one way to distinguish the planets by their relative position to earth. Inner Planets, planets that orbit between Earth and the Sun are Inferior Planets- These are Venus and Mercury.
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Planets can be in Perihelion, Perigee, Aphelion, or Apogee too!
Planets can also be in opposition, Superior Conjunction or Inferior Conjunction. Opposition is when the earth ‘eclipses’ the sun for another planet.
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Nearly all orbits are ellipses, meaning that they are NOT perfect circles.
The different points on an orbit have different names.
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Another thing is that the path the sun takes changes slightly depending on the time of year. During June the sun rises and sets North of East and North of West respectively and in December, it rises and sets South of East and South of West respectively!
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