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 28 2011, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
To be precise, the Sun is the same size. It just LOOKS bigger.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Jun 29 2011, 09:58 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
To be precise, the Sun is the same size. It just LOOKS bigger. Huh? So are you saying that as I move my hand away from my face my hand doesn't shrink, it just looks smaller? My whole cosmology has just been rocked! -------------------- |
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