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How unfortunate that combust — an astronomically useful adjective — has become all but obsolete. It was once defined as referring to the moon or a planet that is invisible to the naked eye because of its proximity to the sun. And as 2026 gets underway, three of the five bright naked-eye planets most certainly fulfill the definition of combust. During a span of just over three weeks, Venus, Mars and Mercury all will be positioned on the other side of the sun as seen from our earthly perspective, and as such will be "out of the loop" so far as being visible.
