Re: Is it possible for other planets to cause an eclipse on Earth?

Date: Sat Oct 17 19:59:09 1998
Posted By: Brian Kane, Post-doc/Fellow, Astronomy, AstroPlace, Inc.
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 908530113.As

Message:


None that would be noticed as an eclipse.
Besides the Moon, only Venus and Mercury (the inner
planets) appear to cross the face of the Sun.  Since
they're so much farther away from the Earth, though,
they appear tiny compared to the disk of the Sun.
When they cross,they are said to be "transiting" the
Sun.

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