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E A Rth! E A Rth! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago

We call a weak-ass event like this a transit, because it doesn’t even deserve to be an eclipse.

[-] Splatterphace@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

More of a cameo than anything, really.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 10 months ago

Mars gets googly eye eclipses?

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 23 points 10 months ago

If you say it like that it seems to be a win.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The relative proportions of our sun and moon, combined with their relative distances, create such a unique event in the Earth’s solar eclipse that astrophysicists have recommended its likeness for interplanetary identification, like an Earth flag.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 10 months ago

googly eyes

[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago

best planet in the universe

So why can't we stop destroying it?

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 10 months ago

Don't you worry, the planet will be fine.

It's suitability for human life however...

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago

Do Phobos and Deimos ever transit at the same time? And if so, what's the coolest shape they could make?

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes they can but it would be relatively rare and Deimos is small enough, and orbits far enough from Mars that its apparent diameter from Mars is about 1/10th the diameter of Phobos. So it isnt really much to look at.