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if you lived on Mars how often if ever would you see a transit of earth and is it as rare as the forthcoming venus transit |
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In message , p forsdick
writes Hi if you lived on Mars how often if ever would you see a transit of earth and is it as rare as the forthcoming venus transit Transits of Earth are very rare - the last was on 11 May 1984 and was the subject of Arthur Clarke's short story with that name. He used the calculations by Jan Meeus which were published in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association vol. 72 no 6, 1962. The next one is on 10 November 2084. -- Save the Hubble Space Telescope! Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote in message ... In message , p forsdick writes Hi if you lived on Mars how often if ever would you see a transit of earth and is it as rare as the forthcoming venus transit Transits of Earth are very rare - the last was on 11 May 1984 and was the subject of Arthur Clarke's short story with that name. He used the calculations by Jan Meeus which were published in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association vol. 72 no 6, 1962. The next one is on 10 November 2084. -- I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. Not sure whether this is AD or not. Roger |
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it is AD as it says the Martians will have to wait till then and the moon will also be in the transit so they will see 3 things in front of the sun definitely worth waiting for "Roger Smith" wrote in message news:9B7uc.940$wk7.726@newsfe2-win... "Jonathan Silverlight" wrote in message ... In message , p forsdick writes Hi if you lived on Mars how often if ever would you see a transit of earth and is it as rare as the forthcoming venus transit Transits of Earth are very rare - the last was on 11 May 1984 and was the subject of Arthur Clarke's short story with that name. He used the calculations by Jan Meeus which were published in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association vol. 72 no 6, 1962. The next one is on 10 November 2084. -- I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. Not sure whether this is AD or not. Roger |
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Wasn't it Roger Smith who wrote:
I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. The Martian weather forecast for that day is thick global dust storms. -- Mike Williams Gentleman of Leisure |
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-- I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. Not sure whether this is AD or not. Roger Brings up an interesting point- would a simultaneous transit of Venus and Mercury as seen from Earth be possible? If so, how often would it occur? When's the next one? :-) -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs. |
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"AK47" wrote in message ... -- I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. Not sure whether this is AD or not. Roger Brings up an interesting point- would a simultaneous transit of Venus and Mercury as seen from Earth be possible? If so, how often would it occur? When's the next one? :-) -- The same JBAA article identifies a number of simultaneous Mercury/Venus transits but none of course in the near future. Transits coinciding with solar eclipses (and one with a lunar eclipse, visible from the moon) are also identified. Roger |
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In message IJnuc.253$qX1.69@newsfe6-win, Roger Smith
writes "AK47" wrote in message ... -- I have just been reading the June BAA Journal which arrived this morning. Apparently in the year 571,741 there will be a simultaneous transit of Earth and Venus, as viewed from Mars. Not sure whether this is AD or not. Roger Brings up an interesting point- would a simultaneous transit of Venus and Mercury as seen from Earth be possible? If so, how often would it occur? When's the next one? :-) -- The same JBAA article identifies a number of simultaneous Mercury/Venus transits but none of course in the near future. Transits coinciding with solar eclipses (and one with a lunar eclipse, visible from the moon) are also identified. It's fun putting the dates for those into Bill Gray's Guide and being able to "watch" them (one was actually discovered using Guide) Unfortunately Guide can't cope with five-figure dates (let alone six figure) so you can't view the simultaneous events. -- Save the Hubble Space Telescope! Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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"Roger Smith" wrote:
The same JBAA article identifies a number of simultaneous Mercury/Venus transits but none of course in the near future. Transits coinciding with solar eclipses (and one with a lunar eclipse, visible from the moon) are also identified. Roger Wouldn't that be bloody typical. There you are watching a transit and a bloody eclipse comes along and buggers it up for 5 minutes. Worse than getting French tele breaking into Eastenders. -- Martin Frey http://www.hadastro.org.uk N 51 02 E 0 47 |
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"Martin Frey" wrote in message ... "Roger Smith" wrote: The same JBAA article identifies a number of simultaneous Mercury/Venus transits but none of course in the near future. Transits coinciding with solar eclipses (and one with a lunar eclipse, visible from the moon) are also identified. Roger Wouldn't that be bloody typical. There you are watching a transit and a bloody eclipse comes along and buggers it up for 5 minutes. Worse than getting French tele breaking into Eastenders. -- Martin Frey http://www.hadastro.org.uk N 51 02 E 0 47 Especially if it was the first transit of Venus for 120 years. Roger |
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