Multiple Choice
The time interval between two successive repeated positions of a planet with respect to the Sun and Earth in its orbit, such as conjunction to conjunction, is known as
A) 1 day.
B) the planet's synodic period.
C) 1 year.
D) the planet's sidereal period.
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