Re: Transit of Venus

From: Ugo (ugordanNOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:41:44 +0200

"Greg Crinklaw" <capellasoftyourspleen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10cdaa73qaoa31@corp.supernews.com...
> Ugo wrote:
> > No, looks like you did your math upside down. Did you forget that the
Earth
> > is also spinning around the Sun so Venus actually has come catching up
to
> > do?
>
> Just a friendly heads up: you might want to look up the word "spinning"
> in the dictionary before you use it again...

Hey, thanks for the tip, but I'm perfectly aware of the meaning of the word
spinning :)
Of course "orbiting" would be the right choice of words, but I assumed we're
not dumb people here and that it would be clear from the context what I
meant...

Cheers! 

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