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Grade 12th passMechanics

two planets are never seen at midnight.which ones and why not? can this be considered as evidence in favour of the heliocentric and against the geocentric theory?

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10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Atif Hussain
8 Years ago
Venus and Mercury are the two that you can`t see at midnight....because since they are both closer to the sun than Earth.....by the time midnight arrives....the position of the Earth wherever midnight is on Earth....is facing too far from the sun to be able to see those two planets.