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OneEye
One-off: "Black drop" problem an SR effect?
From a Reuters science article (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20040511/sc_nm/space_venus_dc )
Any comments from anyone?
From a Reuters science article (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20040511/sc_nm/space_venus_dc )
This sounds like something one would want to explain through SR - perhaps GR.Reuters Science, Scientists Prepare for Rare Astronomical Event:
[The solar transit of Venus] will allow scientists to study the famous "black drop" problem which makes timing the transits difficult. As the black disc of Venus appears on the sun it seems to have a dark neck, or become pear-shaped, for a short time. The opposite occurs when it leaves the sun.
Any comments from anyone?
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