Celestia Forums

Some interesting transits, unfortunately they are a LONG time in the future, and occur fairly close to the Sun as viewed from Earth:

cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2223-12-02T12:21:32.53308?x=oBs0Xv1x9+jDDA&y=02YPR0JiI/7//////////w&z=VWJhTmStILbx/////////w&ow=0.541795&ox=-0.003295&oy=0.840378&oz=0.014603&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.016192&ts=1.000000<d=0&rf=40339&lm=49152
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2478-08-29T23:07:53.07643?x=ECQU6KdTwpfLDA&y=PT/eYDhp1AE&z=rd7qQL9uP9YH&ow=0.809539&ox=-0.021190&oy=-0.586496&oz=-0.014844&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.009467&ts=1.000000<d=0&rf=40339&lm=49152
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2959-03-09T17:28:29.50295?x=QI5qiFNWhHGvDA&y=aoH4i3Colv3//////////w&z=BVlsKCaDpYL5/////////w&ow=0.572893&ox=0.006895&oy=0.819587&oz=0.004883&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.009941&ts=1.000000<d=0&rf=40339&lm=49152

Quite interesting I thought [/url]

Hey, if you zoom in real close you can just about see Phobos against Jupiter's clouds!

And here's Mars with a few new moons, from later in the last transit

cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2959-03-09T18:16:38.21064?x=EI8qoToPhHCvDA&y=yuL4j6nsl/3//////////w&z=pPtQolxMxoT5/////////w&ow=0.573082&ox=0.006889&oy=0.819454&oz=0.004878&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.004554&ts=0.010000<d=0&rf=40339&lm=49152


I wonder when the last Mars-Jupiter Transit was... Or for that matter, when the next transit of Earth across the Sun is as seen from Mars. It's a pity that the Eclipse finder can't figure these things out.

Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:I wonder when the last Mars-Jupiter Transit was... Or for that matter, when the next transit of Earth across the Sun is as seen from Mars. It's a pity that the Eclipse finder can't figure these things out. :(

Actually, if I recall well what Chris told me, the way the eclipse finder is developped, it could do that. It is just a matter of user interface.
Maybe if more people ask for it...