Thursday, June 7, 2012

Venus transit Sun 2012

The last Venus transit was in June 2004. But after 2012, the next one will not occur until 2117! You will have wait until way past your 100th birthday to see the next one. Want to know why?
We have been very lucky to see two Venus transits only 8 years apart! To see even one Venus transit in a lifetime is lucky timing!
Since the invention of the telescope, Venus transits have occurred in:

    December 7, 1631
    December 4, 1639
    June 6, 1761
    June 3, 1769
    December 9, 1874
    December 6, 1882
    June 8, 2004
    June 5-6, 2012
    December 11, 2117
      Check this map the Venus transit of June 5 and 6, 2012, was occur at your location.

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