Date: 04 Nov 2006 03:22:44
From: oriel36
Subject: An astronomical countdown
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The astronomical event on Wednesday, where the orbitally moving Mercury
approaches and then overtakes the orbitally moving Earth with our
parent stationary star at the center of the great majestic sweep of the
planets, should be promoted to humanity over and above the weak version
known as the 'transit of Mercury' crossing the face of the Sun such as
the article below -
http://skytonight.com/observing/home/4548556.html
There is a distinct moment during the event next Wednesday when that
rare alignment occurs between Mercury,Earth and the central Sun,so rare
that it will be another 10 years before this great orbital event can be
witnessed again and with the rarer Venus event in 2012,the promotion
of these astronomical occurences in terms of how Copernicus figured out
that we are moving along with the other planets around our parent star
should be truly a joyous occasion rather than the celestial non event
of interest only to people interested in magnification.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar/action?sys=-Si
In the short time left to give the Wednesday event a more
astronomically sparkling experience with a real glimpse of the
productive working principles of what orbital motion looks like from an
orbitally moving Earth ,a real essay is needed on this shared
astronomical heritage.I have come to recognise that the astronomically
fleeting event of the faster Mercury overtaking the slower Earth is now
the easiest and most productive way to appreciate the reasoning of our
astronomical ancestors and at the dawning of the day on Nov 8th every
person here gets a chance to show the world what astronomy is really
about.
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