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EPISODE · Feb 15, 2026 · 6 MIN

Annular eclipse; synodic periods

from SkyCaramba · host SkyCaramba

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean get an annular eclipse. Mercury's at perihelion and greatest elongation. In a manner of speaking, it's closest to and farthest from the sun at the same time.Planets have their orbits. But the way we see them going around, they also have synodic periods.

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Antarctica and the Southern Ocean get an annular eclipse. Mercury's at perihelion and greatest elongation. In a manner of speaking, it's closest to and farthest from the sun at the same time.Planets have their orbits. But the way we see them going...

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