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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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

"They"?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Here meaning the overall astronomy community.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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