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Size of Sun as seen from Mercury
algorimancer
post Jun 20 2011, 03:02 PM
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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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- algorimancer   Size of Sun as seen from Mercury   Jun 20 2011, 03:02 PM
- - ilbasso   That is interesting indeed. It reminds us how far ...   Jun 20 2011, 03:18 PM
- - Decepticon   I have a question thats kinda related. How big do...   Jun 20 2011, 09:14 PM
- - Phil Stooke   It's quite simple geometry. For the same obje...   Jun 20 2011, 09:23 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   Bravo, Phil! That's much better than my an...   Jun 20 2011, 09:53 PM
|- - Mr Valiant   Hey! Jupiter is so big. 4.2 degrees from Calli...   Jun 26 2011, 01:00 AM
- - Decepticon   QUOTE Jupiter from Io 18.6 Jupiter from Europa 11....   Jun 26 2011, 04:29 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jun 26 2011, 04:29 AM...   Jun 28 2011, 09:41 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Well, most Earth art makes the moon way, way too b...   Jun 26 2011, 05:04 PM
- - JohnVV   a quick look from Earth from Mercury earth Mer...   Jun 27 2011, 08:47 AM
- - djellison   Quite. Neither of these views is 'incorrect...   Jun 28 2011, 03:29 PM
- - Phil Stooke   "So the sun is not 3x bigger at Mercury--it...   Jun 28 2011, 04:45 PM
- - ilbasso   To be precise, the Sun is the same size. It just L...   Jun 28 2011, 08:41 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 28 2011, 09:41 PM) T...   Jun 29 2011, 09:58 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   I think it would still have a smaller apparent are...   Jun 29 2011, 02:41 AM
- - djellison   Every time a pointless debate of semantics begins,...   Jun 29 2011, 10:22 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 29 2011, 03:22 PM)...   Jun 30 2011, 01:51 PM
- - ilbasso   I need to be better about using smiley faces.   Jun 30 2011, 01:56 PM
- - hendric   Are there any good videos of the sun throughout a ...   May 16 2018, 08:26 PM
|- - Gustavo B C   Stellarium as well is pretty good. F6 to change lo...   May 17 2018, 06:48 AM
- - Sean   Space Engine will show you. http://spaceengine.o...   May 16 2018, 09:01 PM
- - hendric   Thanks for tips, those both look like great progra...   May 17 2018, 09:52 PM
- - djellison   https://eyes.nasa.gov could do it as well. If you...   May 18 2018, 12:30 AM

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