Re: Transit of Venus
From: Ugo (ugordanNOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/07/04
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:47:39 +0200
"randyj" <rjewett@ufl.edu> wrote in message
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> "Adam Russell" <REMOVETHIS_adamrussell@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> > 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?
> >
> you did your math upside down or backwards. Every .6 or .7 year is when it
> passes us, but usually above or below the sun.
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?
-- The butler did it.
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