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Doha: The brightest planet of our solar system Venus will be at superior conjunction with Sun tomorrow at 9am, according to Qatar Calendar House (QCH).
During superior conjunction, the centre of three celestial objects (Sun, Earth and Venus) will be on a straight line. Moreover, Sun will be in between Venus and Earth, while Venus will be at the farthest point from the Earth.
Venus will pass very close to Sun, so that it will not be visible from Earth's surface on this day, said astronomer expert at QCH Dr Beshir Marzouk.
Superior conjunction of Venus is an important astronomical phenomenon as it marks the end of Venus' apparition in the morning sky before sunrise. It indicates Venus' transition from morning sky (over eastern horizon) to an evening sky (over western horizon).
Residents of Qatar and other Arab countries will be able to observe Venus with naked eye over western horizon during the first week of February.
The duration between time set of Venus and sunset time will be more during next few weeks, added Dr. Beshir Marzouk.
According to the information provided by Qatar Calendar House, Venus was at superior conjunction with Sun June 2, 2016, while the next superior conjunction of Venus with Sun will be on August 14, 2019.
On this day Venus will rise over eastern horizon of Qatar sky (and all world counties sky) at the time of sunrise and both the celestial bodies will be seen more or less together on western horizon.
There are two types of conjunction: inferior and superior, the superior conjunction happens for all our solar system planets, while an inferior conjunction only happens for two planets of our solar system, Mercury and Venus. It is because their orbits around the sun are inside Earth's orbit, said astronomer expert.
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