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Article #353Re: Some Science News
From: tadchem
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 22:18
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 22:18
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"tadchem" <tadchemNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote in message news:8oOdnYUXVvWdn_fdRVn-ug@comcast.com... > > "jsp" <jspub2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:f2fbd428.0403300828.3261ff1e@posting.google.com... > > The most distant object yet observed in the solar system > > has recently been discovered. Also, Venus will move across > > the face of the Sun in June for the first time in 122 years! > > Actually, the last June transit of Venus was in 1769 (before that in 1761). > > The transits of 1874 and 1882 were in December. > > The latter was 121.5 years before this year's transit. > > Venus transits can only occur within a day or two (depending on the leap > year calendar, among other things) of the dates when the earth aligns with > Venus' nodes - June 7 and December 8. Venus will traverse the northern limb > of the sun on a slight downward angle (about 3�23'38"). In eight years > (June 2012) it will repeat on the southern limb. Then no more until > December of 2133. OK. I 'fess up. Nobody seems to have caught my error and deemed it worthy of comment, however. My 'back of the envelope' calculations were off. I have found this site since I posted that gaffe: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus0412.html The transit of June 2012 will be followed by a December transit in 2117 (on the 11th). Tom Davidson Richmond, VA
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