Transit of Uranus from Neptune

A Uranus transit of Neptune as seen from the sun takes place when Uranus direct line of sight Neptune - Sun crosses. During the transit Uranus can be seen as a small disc, the slowly moving over the surface of the sun. The operation of this central transit lasts for about 42 hours.

It is about the rarest of all possible planet passes in our solar system, because of the long period of 172 years (at a planetary transit of Neptune from ), which is of a very small apparent diameter of the Sun (1.07 arc minutes, near the border human visual resolution) is seen from Neptune and the mutual inclination of the two webs of 1.5 °, which is smaller than that of most planetary couples.

The next passage of Uranus from Neptune is from n in October 38,172 BC

Links and Resources

  • Jean Meeus: transit. Willmann- Bell, 1989.
  • SOLEX 9.1
  • Astronomical event
  • Celestial mechanics
  • Uranus (planet )
  • Neptune (planet )
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