Image Showing Where Transits of Our Solar System Planets Can Be Observed (IMAGE)

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Image Showing Where Transits of Our Solar System Planets Can Be Observed

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Image showing where transits of our solar system planets can be observed. Each line represents where one of the planets could be seen to transit, with the blue line representing Earth; an observer located here could detect us.

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Credit: 2MASS / A. Mellinger / R. Wells

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