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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Do they bother calling them "eclipses" or "transits?" Like we don't say Mercury or Venus eclipse the sun.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

"They"?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Here meaning the overall astronomy community.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

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