The Solar System

610 APPENDIX A

■ Table A-13 ❙ Greatest Elongations

of Mercury*

Evening Sky Morning Sky

Dec. 18, 2009

Apr. 8, 2010**

Aug. 7, 2010

Dec. 1, 2010

March 23, 2011**

July 20, 2011

Nov. 14, 2011

March 5, 2012**

July 1, 2012

Oct. 26, 2012

Feb. 16, 2013

June 12, 2013

Oct. 9, 2013

Jan. 27, 2010

May 26, 2010

Sept. 19, 2010**

Jan. 9, 2011

May 7, 2011

Sept. 3, 2011**

Dec. 23, 2011

April 18, 2012

Aug. 16, 2012

Dec. 4, 2012

March 31, 2013

July 30, 2013

Nov. 18, 2013

*Elongation is the angular distance from the sun to a planet.

**Most favorable elongations.

■ Table A-14 ❙ Greatest Elongations

of Venus

Evening Sky Morning Sky

Aug. 20, 2010

March 27, 2012

Nov. 1, 2013

June 6, 2015

Jan. 12, 2017

Aug. 17, 2018

March 24, 2020

Jan. 8, 2011

Aug. 15, 2012

March 22, 2014

Oct. 26, 2015

June 3, 2017

Jan. 6, 2019

Aug. 12, 2020

■ Table A-15 ❙ The Greek Alphabet

A,  alpha

B,  beta

,  gamma

,  delta

,  epsilon

,  zeta

, eta

,  theta

,  iota

,  kappa

,  lambda

,  mu

,  nu

,  xi

,  omicron

,  pi

,! rho

", # sigma

$, % tau

&, ' upsilon

(, ) phi

*, + chi

,, - psi

., / omega