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Image of the 2012 transit taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft

A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth (or another planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually measured in hours (the transit of 2012 lasted 6 hours and 40 minutes). A transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the Moon. While the diameter of Venus is more than 3 times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller, and travels more slowly across the face of the Sun, because it is much farther away from Earth.

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Transit of Venus - Information Transit of Venus - Information latest-trends-worldwide.blogspot.in/.../transit-of-venus-information.html - Web

Venus Transits: Measuring the Solar System Venus Transits: Measuring the Solar System brightstartutors.com/blog/2012/04/26/the-transit-of-venus/ - Web

Historical observations of the transit of Venus Historical observations of the transit of Venus www.transitofvenus.nl/history.html - Web

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The transit of Venus across the Sun The transit of Venus across the Sun www.atramsey.freeserve.co.uk/transitofvenus/phys_ed_1.pdf - Web

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Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus, 16... Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus, 1631 - 2004 (an Exhibition by Smithsonian Libraries) www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/chasing-venus/index.htm - Web

NASA – 2012 Transit of Venus Live Webcast and... NASA – 2012 Transit of Venus Live Webcast and Celebration venustransit.nasa.gov - Web

2012 Transit of Venus – International Astrono... 2012 Transit of Venus – International Astronomical Union web.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse/transits/ToV2012/index.htm - Web

National Solar Observatory – Transit of Venus... National Solar Observatory – Transit of Venus June 5–6 2012 venustransit.nso.edu - Web

2012 Transit of Venus Live Webcast and chatroom wi... 2012 Transit of Venus Live Webcast and chatroom with SEMS at UND live From Alaska www.sems.und.edu - Web

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