Re: Transit (off topic)
Does anyone know when the next Transit of Earth will occur (visible from Mars)? Perhaps one of the upcoming Martian landers could view the event! Troy Heck Turning again to Meeus' excellent book: 1905 May 8 1984 May 11 2084 Nov 10 2163 Nov 15 2189 May 10 Jim --- -- | Jim Cobb | 540 Arapeen Dr. #100 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Parametric| Salt Lake City, UT | (801)-588-4632 | | Technology Corp. | 84108-1202 | Fax (801)-588-4650 | --- -- I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence. -- Frederick Douglass
Transit of Venus
The next transit of Venus will be June 8, 2004. The best view will be from Europe. There is an excellent description of this event in Joseph Ashbrook's book The Astronomical Scrapbook. Ashbrook points out that we should be able to see effects of Venus' atmosphere. This was first observed by the Russian scientist Lomonosov in 1761. We should all try to see this. It will be a very dramatic event. Something like Arthur C. Clarke's transit of the Earth from Mars. Clear Skies, Brian Ritchey, Des Moines
Re: Transit (off topic)
Dialists~~ Does anyone know when the next Transit of Earth will occur (visible from Mars)? Perhaps one of the upcoming Martian landers could view the event! Troy Heck
