BesslerWheel.com

[eccentrically1]

Once in a lifetime

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/about/pressreleases/Your-Complete-Go-To-Guide-for-Junes-Transit-of-Venus-155350785.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/06/04/154282601/the-venus-transit-who-cares

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“Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind." - Thurber

[getterdone]

Thanks for sharing, the weater in eastern Canada is going to be crappy , so I wont see it, but I ll check on youtube.

P.S This should be in off-topic

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[murilo]

[Jim Williams]

In the spirit of what only gets to be seen once by people on this planet.

http://www.universetoday.com/18847/life-of-the-sun/

[eccentrically1]

i thought since it was almost the day to the anniversary, and bessler alluded to the motion of the planets as being a clue, that it was topical. I don't care, Scott can move it.

[murilo]

[eccentrically1]

The planet transits come in pairs, 8 years apart. The last one in this pair was June 2004. This pair is called "descending" or, transiting downward across the sun. The next pair in December 2117 and December 2125 are in "ascending" nodes.
Interesting coincidence. Numbers can be like that.

[murilo]

This can happen just with Mercury and Venus, since they have intern orbit, and when same plan and timing are met!

[eccentrically1]

http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/