Between the "pairs" of transits eight years apart,
there is either 105.5 years or 121.5 years to the
next pair (depending on the series). The nest
transit after this one is on Dec. 11, 2117. Given
our increasing longevity, a toddler of today could
well be alive in 2117.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html
Sterling K. Webb
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linton Rohr" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "MexicoDoug"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012
"...the transit of Venus on this upcoming June 6, the likes of which
no living primate will likely recall when the next opportunity
shadows earth, nor who can recall the last one!"
Doug,
While you're most certainly correct that none amongst us will see the
next one (in 2117), I'm actually old enough to remember the transit of
Venus in 2004. ;^) They come in pairs 8 years apart, separated by 105
years. I hope we're all still here in June, to observe this one. One
never knows...
Best wishes to all,
Linton
----- Original Message -----
From: "MexicoDoug" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012
"Maybe the Mayans were right, and 2012 will see us go out in a blaze
of meteorite impacts!"
Hi Ed, List;
Poor Mayans, haven't they suffered enough at the hands of multiple
opressors to now be attributed this kooky modern rage. As the most
scientifically advanced society in the world of that age, countless
unnamed brilliant Mayan scientists and astronomers that 2012 is most
sacred because of the transit of Venus on this upcoming June 6, the
likes of which no living primate will likely recall when the next
opportunity shadows earth, nor who can recall the last one!.
They don't make calendars like they used to... Last year my free bank
calendar ended in December 2011, but my insurance agent's company was
so kind to save the world by giving me a complimentary 2012 calendar
to read, buying more time before the whole thing goes *poop* the same
way it apparently began ;-)
Kindest wishes
Doug
______________________________________________
Visit the Archives at
http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list mailing list
[email protected]
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
______________________________________________
Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list mailing list
[email protected]
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
