Transit of Venus: Venus Passes Directly Between Sun & Superior Planet

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A transit of Venus occurs when Venus passes between the Sun and a superior planet, allowing it to be seen as a small black disk against the solar disk. The term "superior planet" refers to planets like Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn that orbit farther from the Sun than Venus. While Venus's transit can be observed from Earth, it can also be seen from other superior planets, such as Mars. The historical context of the terms "inferior" and "superior" relates to their positions in the geocentric model and was later adapted in the heliocentric model to describe their orbital distances from the Sun. Thus, Venus's transit is not exclusive to Earth, as it can be observed from any superior planet in the solar system.
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A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when thplanet"etVenus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. ..,Wikipedia.

My question is why "Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet" not only passes between Earth and the Sun.
 
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Earth, being in a higher solar orbit, is a superior planet to Venus.

Not sure I understand exactly what your question is. Do you mean 'why are the following two sentences not synonymous'?
Venus makes a transit as seen by a superior planet
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Venus makes a transit as seen from Earth.

Well, technically, Venus also makes a transit as seen from Mars as well. So they're not exactly synonymous, though they are for our purposes here on Earth.

The meaning of the word is buried in the history of the terms:
Inferior and Superior
These terms were originally used in the geocentric cosmology of Claudius Ptolemy to differentiate as inferior those planets (Mercury and Venus) whose epicycle remained co-linear with the Earth and Sun, and as superior those planets (Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that did not.[1]

In the 16th century, the terms were modified by Copernicus, who rejected Ptolemy's geocentric model, to distinguish a planet'sorbit's size in relation to the Earth's.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_and_superior_planets#History
 
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Planets which are nearer to the Sun than Earth is (Venus and Mercury) can be sometimes aligned so that we see them passing across the Sun.
For planets which are more distant from the Sun than Earth is, this is not possible/
 
azizlwl said:
My question is why "Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet" not only passes between Earth and the Sun.
Because you can see a transit of planet A from any planet B that is in a higher orbit around the star.
 
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