Transit of Venus: 1631 to the present
"Every so often, the planet Venus does something remarkable. Iits orbit brings it to a point directly between the Sun and the Earth, where it appears to us as a black dot moving across the bright disc of the Sun. This transit of Venus is rare, occurring in pairs eight years apart and then not f...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Every so often, the planet Venus does something remarkable. Iits orbit brings it to a point directly between the Sun and the Earth, where it appears to us as a black dot moving across the bright disc of the Sun. This transit of Venus is rare, occurring in pairs eight years apart and then not for more than a hundred years; it has fascinated astronomers for centuries."--Introduction |
| Beschreibung: | "Transit of Venus was first published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of UNSW Press. The first North American edition is published in assosciation with the Powerhouse zmuseum, Sydney, Australia, and NewSouth."--T.p. verso Transit fast facts -- Introduction -- A spot of unusual magnitude : 1639 -- Frozen plains and tropical seas : 1761 -- Venus of the South Seas : 1769 -- Capturing the transit : 1847 and 1882 -- Space-age transit : 2004 -- Observing the 2012 transit -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index Includes bibliographical references and index |
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CONTENTS
TRANSIT FAST FACTS 10
INTRODUCTION 11
A SPOT OF UNUSUAL MAGNITUDE: 1639 24
FROZEN PLAINS AND TROPICAL SEAS: 1761 44
VENUS OF THE SOUTH SEAS: 1769 76
CAPTURING THE TRANSIT: 1874 AND 1882 106
SPACE-AGE TRANSIT: 2004 164
OBSERVING THE 2012 TRANSIT 200
GLOSSARY 216
BIBLIOGRAPHY 218
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 223
INDEX 224
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