superior conjunction

English Thesaurus

1. (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun (noun.event)

hypernym	:	alignment, conjunction,
definition	:	(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac (noun.event)

domain category	:	astronomy, uranology,
definition	:	the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition)