Venus looks much bigger than it is

[bandwraith at aol.com]

Alterrnatively, to get a sense of the actual relative
difference in size between the sun and venus,
you could imagine the sun being nine times the
size of its image in the pictures of the transit.

-----Original Message-----
From: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
To: jedkelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>; pynchon-l
<pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 10:51 am
Subject: Re: Venus looks much bigger than it is


That's a great picture, and it is indeed the way
the image appears from earth. The appearance
is deceptive, however, because Venus is so
much closer to us. If Venus were actually right
on the sun's surface (besides being incinerated)
the dot would have a diameter 1/3 the length in
the image, and the area, i.e., its apparent size,
would be 1/9 that of the image in the picture.

Thanks


-----Original Message-----
From: Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>
To: Pynchon Mailing List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 12:01 am
Subject: Re: Venus looks much bigger than it is


Got it:

http://bit.ly/L1YZzs