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MR. DENNING'S able and lucid article upon the planet Mercury (NATURE, March 1) induces me to send a few notes. With inclined elliptical orbits it is a complicated matter to determine when an interior planet is at its greatest brilliancy. But if the orbits are assumed circular and coplanar, interesting results are easily obtained.
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WHITMELL, C. Planets at their Greatest Brilliancy. Nature 61, 540 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061540a0
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