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[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I guess because of perspective, Mercury being millions of miles closer to the camera than it is to the sun, the actual proportions would have the planet being much smaller by comparison

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Mercury's apparent size in the sky when close to us is about twice the size as when mercury is in the other side of the sun from us. So mercury would appear about 75% the size it is in this photo of it were next to the sun (so about the same distance away as the sun is).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

Neat! Thanks!