Transit of Venus

"Adam Russell" wrote

Why are venus eclipses so rare? A venus year is 225 days so I would think
it would pass us about every 1.6 years. Is it not on the same ecliptic or
something?

The path of the Sun (Marty) defines the ecliptic (the path where eclipses
can occur); all other bodies are either on it (but they cross it at some
point) or they're not. Venus's orbit is therefore somewhat inclined to the
ecliptic, as is the Moon's.

Howard (neither a cross-poster nor cross-dresser) Lester