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Article: STAR TRAK: Venus to Transit the Sun on June 8.
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- AScribe Science News Service
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Byline: Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Venus will be sinking below the treetops in the west-northwest at nightfall as June begins. But on June 8 something extremely rare will happen: Venus will pass across the face of the sun as seen from Earth, an event called the transit of Venus. That hasn't been seen since 1882, when it caused great excitement among astronomers and the public.
The entire transit will be visible in most of Asia, Africa and Europe. Observers with suitable filters to protect their eyes will be able to see Venus as a black dot moving across the sun's bright disk for almost six hours. The planet will be ...