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Volume 22 -- Issue 12
Above the Solar System -- December 2016

Name December 01 December 11 December 21 December 31
Mercury 315o 24' 355o 23' 048o 52' 111o 05'
Venus 025o 27' 016o 20' 032o 18' 048o 19'
Earth 069o 13' 079o 22' 089o 33' 099o 44'
Mars 356o 57' 003o 13' 009o 25' 015o 33'
Ceres 030o 14' 036o 15' 040o 17' 042o 20'
Jupiter 188o 35' 189o 21' 190o 06' 190o 51'
Saturn 258o 34' 258o 53' 259o 11' 259o 29'
Plot planet positions using polar graph paper that you can download from this web site - or at that web site create your own.



This uses a coordinate system which allows for the plotting of a planet position along its orbital path using degrees (0o to 360o) of heliocentric longitude. Once plotted the orbital position of one planet could be compared with that of another planet. Or the relative orbital speeds of an inner planet could be compared with that of an outer planet.

Terrestrial Planets in Motion at 5 day intervals - December 2016
Above the Terrestrial Planets - December 2016
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