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Originally Posted by MichaelSW
Carole,
G'day.
From my 2002 Edition of The Nature Companions, "Practical Skywatching" :-
"Venus circles the Sun once every 225 days. But because Earth is also moving, it takes Venus 584 days before venus reappears in the same part of our sky."
Hence, Venus makes five apparitions in eight years.
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Good information, MichaelSW, I must do more reading - check which planets are in which constellations & when!