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OCR: CON JUN CTI ON For planets the situation when the Earth Sun, pue given planet are all on the same line In an inferior conjunction the planet cannot be seen with the tis in nak ed eye of because Cony ictian Conjunctior front the Sun (though the planet can be seen crossing the sun with telescopes with appropriate filters) planet farther from the Sun than the Earth will never experience an inferior conjunction. During superior conjunctions Supo planet behind the Sun as viewed from the Earth All planets experience superior conjunctions More generally when two objects are aligned in the sky (their celestial coordinates are the same). See also opposition conjunc tion ause plane object