How do you get the angular separation from the difference in transit times.? That seems to be the really cleaver part. But all the videos leave that bit out. :( Curious people want to know.!
No kidding .... and not a word on how Kepler figured out the "RELATIVE" distances between the planets .... that seems to be a crucial bit. Be nice to have someone post how it was done in the 1600's using actual numbers and places ....
Can the moon eclipse 🌒of the sun not help to determine Earth's distance from the Sun 🌞? Why wait for the transit of Venus to determine Earth's distance from the sun.
Instead of James cook observing and transit of venus on the island on Tahiti would it not have been more easier to view the transit of Venus from England itself.
The reason he figured out distances to the planets and not the sun is because he used the assumption that the sun was far away and so when he got the distance to the planets, the wouldn't give him the distance to the sun because the sun is actually not far away. It produces a spotlight on the clouds much like the spotlight in a Broadway play. Bigger than the sun, but not too much bigger. Using this cone of light, we should be able to triangulate the sun's true distance. Btw, don't tell anyone. Teachers often lose their jobs when they speak against currently accepted cultural truths.
Thank you! Very clear!
This is excellent analysis by Edmund Halley. Unfortunately he passed away before the viewing of the transit of Venus.
this helped me a lot for my elective science! thank you
How do you get the angular separation from the difference in transit times.? That seems to be the really cleaver part. But all the videos leave that bit out. :( Curious people want to know.!
No kidding .... and not a word on how Kepler figured out the "RELATIVE" distances between the planets .... that seems to be a crucial bit.
Be nice to have someone post how it was done in the 1600's using actual numbers and places ....
You divide by pi.
109.6 *10²⁴ is distance between earth and sun
Brilliant
Can the moon eclipse 🌒of the sun not help to determine Earth's distance from the Sun 🌞?
Why wait for the transit of Venus to determine Earth's distance from the sun.
Instead of James cook observing and transit of venus on the island on Tahiti would it not have been more easier to view the transit of Venus from England itself.
POV : you are an astrologist trying to understand 👁👄👁
The reason he figured out distances to the planets and not the sun is because he used the assumption that the sun was far away and so when he got the distance to the planets, the wouldn't give him the distance to the sun because the sun is actually not far away. It produces a spotlight on the clouds much like the spotlight in a Broadway play. Bigger than the sun, but not too much bigger. Using this cone of light, we should be able to triangulate the sun's true distance. Btw, don't tell anyone. Teachers often lose their jobs when they speak against currently accepted cultural truths.
She makes this more confusing than needs be. Her drawing does NOT correlate with her words. Back to the drawing board girl!