Size of Sun as seen from Mercury |
Size of Sun as seen from Mercury |
Jun 20 2011, 03:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
I got to wondering about this, considered making my own graphic, then googled and came up with the following, from Burton Mackenzie's blog:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tlXkPX0vMqk/SaTW...ize_diagram.png So apparently the Sun appears about 3 times as large in Mercury's sky as it does on Earth. I was expecting something much more dramatic. |
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Jun 29 2011, 10:22 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Every time a pointless debate of semantics begins, a baby seal pup gets clubbed to death
True story. |
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Jun 30 2011, 01:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Every time a pointless debate of semantics begins, a baby seal pup gets clubbed to death That reminds me Doug, your pelts from last month are ready. The guy says he's OK with coats and hats, but there is no way he can stitch them into undershorts. Sorry. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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