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A 4 page paper. An important astronomical event will occur on June 8, 2004 – Venus will transit the sun. This event occurs only four times every 243 years. Headlines announce it is a once-in-a-lifetime event since it will be another 122 years before it happens again. This essay explains what will happen, from where it will be visible, the duration of the event and the mathematical formula for calculating the next time and its importance to scientists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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event will occur for those of us alive today (Smith, 2004; Rao, 2004; CNN.com, 2004; Reaney, 2004). Venus will transit the sun (Smith, 2004; Rao, 2004; CNN.com, 2004; Reaney, 2004).
The first recorded occurrence of this event was made by Jeremiah Horrocks, a British astronomer, in 1639 (Reaney, 2004). Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty, transits
the sun once every 122 years; the last time was December 6, 1882 and the next time will be June 6, 2012 (CNN.com, 2004; Reaney, 2004). Gordon Bromage, who is
a professor of astronomy at Englands University of Central Lancashire, described the event as "an extremely rare astrological event" (CNN.com, 2004; Reaney, 2004). What does it mean - the transit
of Venus? Simply put, it means that Venus will move in front of the sun, passing between the sun and earth (Rao, 2004). To observers, Venus will look like a
very black dot that is "about 1/30th the diameter of the sun" (CNN.com, 2004). The vision will last for only about 6 hours and it will begin before sunrise (CNN.com,
2004). Astronomers have noticed that Venus has been "growing brighter and climbing higher into our evening sky lately" (Rao, 2004). By the end of May, Venus will begin to
drop back towards the sun and it will then disappear as it moves to the morning sky instead of the evening sky (Rao, 2004). Usually, Venus just passes without being
observed because of the brilliance and glare of the sun but this time, it will appear as that intense black dot as it moves in front of the sun (Rao,
2004). It is not that Venus does not transit the sun on a regular basis, this event has to do with how visible it will be to large sections of
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