katyjsst Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Minmus is just adjacent to a Kerbolar eclipse. I can assure it.Have anyone tried a Minmus (blocking the sun) Eclipse?NOTE: this image was slightly tweak to a higher contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Lander Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Is this a troll?As ive never seen this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 That is a Mun eclipse, not a Minmus eclipse. Munar eclipses are extremely frequent because the Mun is on the same plane as Kerbin, so they happen every Munar month.From Kerbin, Minmus is just a pixel, so it can't block the sun in any meaningful way. Also, they would be quite rare because Minmus is on a differant inclination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconPyro Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 That is a Mun eclipse, not a Minmus eclipse. Munar eclipses are extremely frequent because the Mun is on the same plane as Kerbin, so they happen every Munar month.From Kerbin, Minmus is just a pixel, so it can't block the sun in any meaningful way. Also, they would be quite rare because Minmus is on a differant inclination.OP said as much in his own post. He's pointing out that it's a Munar eclipse, but that Minmus is near eclipsing Kerbol. He's asking if anyone has seen a Minmus eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweller_Benthos Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Wouldn't it be called a transition, not an eclipse, if Minmus were in front of Kerbol? Anyway, to get a near total Minmus eclipse, you'd have to get a lot closer to it. Probably with the right amount of maneuvering, you could get a ship to a spot where Minmus is in eclipse for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brody_Peffley Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Wouldn't it be called a transition, not an eclipse, if Minmus were in front of Kerbol? Anyway, to get a near total Minmus eclipse, you'd have to get a lot closer to it. Probably with the right amount of maneuvering, you could get a ship to a spot where Minmus is in eclipse for a long time.No its a eclipse. Because they say about a mercury eclipse or a venus eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidboi Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 No its a eclipse. Because they say about a mercury eclipse or a venus eclipse.No, it's not an eclipse, because Mercury and Venus don't obscure the sun when viewed from Earth. They're properly called transitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Regardless, it's a triple conjunction. Very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpangod3 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It's called a transit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerknoef Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yep, it's a transit! But anyway, nice shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KN_Namida Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 And now that we all know it is called a "transit", can we close this thread please? Or does anyone else need further explanations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 We're good here. Please don't necro threads. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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