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A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus is visible as a small black circle moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Venus reoccur periodically.
Predicted return to perihelion by the Great Comet of 1861 (C/1861 J1). 2271 October 6 Close conjunction between Venus and Regulus, perhaps occultation of Regulus by Venus. 2279 Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. 2279 October 21 At 15:32 UTC, Mercury will occult Neptune. [42] 2281-82 Grand Trine of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. This last ...
Your luckiest day of the year is March 11, 2024, when the new moon in Pisces aligns with Venus for a relaxed, renewing energy. You're getting a chance to seek closure with a person or situation ...
Venus rotates retrograde with a sidereal day lasting about 243.0 Earth days, or about 1.08 times its orbital period of 224.7 Earth days; hence by the retrograde formula its solar day is about 116.8 Earth days, and it has about 1.9 solar days per orbital period.
The Gregorian calendar is a reformed version of the Julian calendar organized by the Catholic Church and enacted in 1582. By the time of the reform, the date of the vernal equinox had shifted about 10 days, from about March 21 at the time of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, to about March 11. The motivation for the change was the correct ...
Venus 23.3° East July 7, 2005 08:21:22 Mercury 1°38' south of Venus 25.8° East September 2, 2005 12:05:52 Venus 1°22' south of Jupiter 38.7° East October 6, 2005 07:01:37 Mercury 1°28' south of Jupiter 12.6° East October 29, 2005 16:11:20 Venus 11°08' south of Pluto 46,8° East December 31, 2005 15:55:12 Mercury 7°36' south of Pluto
The orbit of Venus is 224.7 Earth days (7.4 avg. Earth months [30.4 days]). The phases of Venus result from the planet's orbit around the Sun inside the Earth's orbit giving the telescopic observer a sequence of progressive lighting similar in appearance to the Moon's phases. It presents a full image when it is on the opposite side of the Sun.
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