Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
en la conjunción superior
English translation:
in upper conjunction
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en la conjunción superior
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A friendly note from my cousin, who only speaks spanish, to my husband, who only speaks english.
Mercurio estuvo en la conjunción superior con el Sol hasta el 7 de abril, ahora comienza, en la tarde, la mejor aparición del año para ustedes. Surge en el crepúsculo de la tarde hacia el oeste-noroeste durante la última mitad del mes y al final del mes se oculta casi 2 horas después del Sol y...
Mercurio estuvo en la conjunción superior con el Sol hasta el 7 de abril, ahora comienza, en la tarde, la mejor aparición del año para ustedes. Surge en el crepúsculo de la tarde hacia el oeste-noroeste durante la última mitad del mes y al final del mes se oculta casi 2 horas después del Sol y...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +8 | Upper conjunction |
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| 4 +3 | superior conjunction |
Francisco Herrerias
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Upper conjunction
Found on a sidereal calendar:
"8.5.2000 14h MET
Neptune standing still, followed by retrograde motion
9.5.2000 5h MET
***Mercury in upper conjunction with Sun***
10.5.2000 20h MET
Saturn in conjunction with Sun"
"8.5.2000 14h MET
Neptune standing still, followed by retrograde motion
9.5.2000 5h MET
***Mercury in upper conjunction with Sun***
10.5.2000 20h MET
Saturn in conjunction with Sun"
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Francisco Herrerias
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superior conjunction
but this is not very colloquial...
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Sery
: when Mercury is at its furthest from the Earth, behind the Sun
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danimak
: The positions of the planets, as said in English, are superior conjunction, inferior conjunction and opposition. Upper conjunction is incorrect.
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Fiona Kirton
: Astronomy: Principles and Practices, 3rd Ed., Roy and Clarke - "A planet whose direction is tha same as that of the Sun is said to be in *conjunction*; an inferior planet can be in **superior conjunction** or in *inferior conjunction*.
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