Astronomy - USA (2020-06)

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Celestial equator
Sun Sun
Uranus
Pluto
Saturn
Neptune
Ceres
Jupiter
Mars
An annular solar eclipse
occurs June 21 across parts
of Africa and Asia
Mars passes 1. 7 ° south
of Neptune on June 12
Asteroid Iris reaches
opposition June 27
Mercury appears bright in
the evening sky in early June
Comet PanSTARRS
Pallas
Herculina
Ven
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22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Mercury
Venus
Ceres
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune Pluto
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Astronomy
June 2020
MAG-ASY-JUN20
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3-9-20
Roen Kelly
Ceres
Mars
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Jupiter
Jupiter
Earth
Summer solstice
is June 20
Mercury
Greatest eastern elongation
is June 4
Venus
Inferior conjunction
is June 3
40 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2020
THE PLANETS
IN THEIR ORBITS
Arrows show the inner
planets’ monthly motions
and dots depict the
outer planets’ positions
at midmonth from high
above their orbits.
To locate the Moon in the sky, draw a line from the phase shown for the day
straight up to the curved blue line.
Date
Magnitude
Angular size
Illumination
Distance (AU) from Earth
Distance (AU) from Sun
Right ascension (2000.0)
Declination (2000.0)
PLANETS
June 1
0.1
7.6 "
45%
0.890
0.402
6h17.0m
25°21'
June 30
–4.7
43.8"
18%
0.381
0.728
4h17.2m
17°15'
MERCURY VENUS
PATHS OF THE PLANETS