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minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoDo they bother calling them “eclipses” or “transits?” Like we don’t say Mercury or Venus eclipse the sun.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoHere meaning the overall astronomy community.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoNASA seems to call them eclipses, as well as several other Space Agencies that should be recognized as authorities here, I can only assume that is due to the fact that Phobos and Deimos orbit Mars, and Mercury and Venus don’t orbit Earth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipses_on_Mars
Do they bother calling them “eclipses” or “transits?” Like we don’t say Mercury or Venus eclipse the sun.
“They”?
Here meaning the overall astronomy community.
NASA seems to call them eclipses, as well as several other Space Agencies that should be recognized as authorities here, I can only assume that is due to the fact that Phobos and Deimos orbit Mars, and Mercury and Venus don’t orbit Earth.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipses_on_Mars