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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Total* solar eclipses. Mars has solar eclipses, just not very impressive ones since the shadows are so small, but you could actually look directly at the sun to see the shadow at that distance, without fucking up your eyes

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do they bother calling them "eclipses" or "transits?" Like we don't say Mercury or Venus eclipse the sun.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

NASA seems to call them eclipses, as well as several other Space Agencies that should be recognized as authorities here, I can only assume that is due to the fact that Phobos and Deimos orbit Mars, and Mercury and Venus don't orbit Earth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipses_on_Mars

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"They"?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Here meaning the overall astronomy community.