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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob
At the end of the transit of Venus in 2012, I could see Venus in front of prominences with my solar scope, after Venus had finished the transit in visible light.
I am seeking to find if anybody is aware of any modelling of near misses in the future, inferior conjunctions of Venus (or Mercury) to see if there is any chance of this been seen again before the next sheduled transit?
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Hi Bob,
Venus, not before 2030. Closest approaches 2017-2030 are
1.10 deg on 1 June 2028
1.25 deg on 3 June 2020
The parallax of Venus is 1' arc across 1 Earth diameter. If it were that close to be seen Ha, silhouetted against prominences, a large latitudinal shift should result in a transit somewhere else on Earth which would have been predicted.
Mercury - sorry can't be bothered crunching the numbers for a 10" dot :-)
Joe