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Word Of The Day
This one all fans of Scrabble might know -
syzygy
NOUN
astronomy
1. a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun.
"the planets were aligned in syzygy"
2. a pair of connected or corresponding things.
In astronomy, a syzygy (/ˈsɪzɪdʒi/; from the Ancient Greek σύζυγος, suzugos, 'yoked together') is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Jupiter (top), Venus (lower left), and Mercury (lower right) above La Silla Observatory, Chile (May 26, 2013)
syzygy
NOUN
astronomy
1. a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun.
"the planets were aligned in syzygy"
2. a pair of connected or corresponding things.
In astronomy, a syzygy (/ˈsɪzɪdʒi/; from the Ancient Greek σύζυγος, suzugos, 'yoked together') is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Jupiter (top), Venus (lower left), and Mercury (lower right) above La Silla Observatory, Chile (May 26, 2013)