Re: Transit of Venus

From: randyj (rjewett_at_ufl.edu)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:16:09 -0400

"Ugo" <ugordanNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "randyj" <rjewett@ufl.edu> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Adam Russell" <REMOVETHIS_adamrussell@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:2ijl7qFo9698U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > 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?

oh yeah, actually i didn't do any math ;-)
i was just thinking about Venus having almost 2 apparitions a year,
once in evening, once in morning

rj

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