Venus looks much bigger than it is

[Iris Sirius]

I would need a bigger screen for that.


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:15 PM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> 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
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>
> Got it:
>
> http://bit.ly/L1YZzs
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