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Tuesday, June 8th, 5:00 AM EST, Venus will cross the sun.
"The most noteworthy astronomical event of the month (or, arguably, of the century!), is, of course, the transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun on June 8th. Such transits are relatively rare events. Due to the interrelationship between the orbits of Earth and Venus, they tend to occur in cycles. For example, the last two transits of Venus (occurring on December 9, 1874, and December 6, 1882) were approximately 8 years apart. There followed a gap of 122 (actually, 121.5) years until our June 8, 2004, transit. The next transit occurs on June 6, 2012—8 years from now. The transits after this pair we are privileged to enjoy will occur 105.5 years later, on December 11, 2117, and December 8, 2125. The complete cycle consists of transits 8 years apart, followed by a gap of 121.5 years, then 8 years again, and, finally, 105.5 years. The cycle repeats in this fashion. "
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"The most noteworthy astronomical event of the month (or, arguably, of the century!), is, of course, the transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun on June 8th. Such transits are relatively rare events. Due to the interrelationship between the orbits of Earth and Venus, they tend to occur in cycles. For example, the last two transits of Venus (occurring on December 9, 1874, and December 6, 1882) were approximately 8 years apart. There followed a gap of 122 (actually, 121.5) years until our June 8, 2004, transit. The next transit occurs on June 6, 2012—8 years from now. The transits after this pair we are privileged to enjoy will occur 105.5 years later, on December 11, 2117, and December 8, 2125. The complete cycle consists of transits 8 years apart, followed by a gap of 121.5 years, then 8 years again, and, finally, 105.5 years. The cycle repeats in this fashion. "
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Venus
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