Astro*Dictionary
by Michael Erlewine

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"Elongation"

Elongation [Astro*Index]

The angular distance of an interior planet from the Sun, as seen from the Earth. The maximum elongation Venus can attain is 48°; the maximum elongation Mercury can attain is 28°.

 

See also:
♦ Angular Distance

 

Elongation [Prima]

The angular distance of an interior planet from the Sun as seen from the Earth. Mercury and Venus are the only interior planets: the maximum elongation Venus can attain is 48°; the maximum elongation Mercury can attain is 28°.

 

See also:
♦ Angular Distance

 

Elongation [Munkasey M.]

The maximum angular distance between a planet and theSun, as seen from the Earth.

 

See also:
♦ Angular Distance

 

Elongation [DeVore]

(a) The angular distance of an inferior, or interior, planet from the Sun, as viewed from the Earth. The maximum elongation which Mercury attains is 28 degrees; Venus, 46 degrees. Consequently in a birth map the only aspects Mercury can form to the Sun are a conjunction and semi-sextile; Venus, these and a semi-square.

(b) The farthest distance of any planet from the Sun; aphelion.

 

See also:
♦ Angular Distance ♦ Aphelion