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The apparent motion of the planets in the skies of the Earth arise from the relative orbital motions of the planets. Figure 8.1 illustrates the changing orbital positions of an exterior planet-one beyond the Earth’s orbit—and the Earth, and the consequent relative motion of the planet projected onto the sky. The looping or zigzag movement of a planet at opposition is seen to result from a combination of the planet’s orbital motion and from the parallactic shifts caused by the motion of the Earthbound viewer.1
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Schlosser, W., Schmidt-Kaler, T., Milone, E.F. (1991). Saturn’s Parallax and Motion. In: Challenges of Astronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4434-9_8
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