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The Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus. The Transit of Venus. By Emily . By E mily. What is a Transit of Venus. A Transit of Venus is when Venus passes between the Earth and the sun and it is visible in most areas of the Earth.

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The Transit of Venus

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  1. The Transit of Venus The Transit of Venus By Emily By Emily

  2. What is a Transit of Venus • A Transit of Venus is when Venus passes between the Earth and the sun and it is visible in most areas of the Earth. • Unfortunately, in some parts of Africa and Brazil the 2012 transit was not seen because it was night time.

  3. Jeremiah Horrocks Fact file How he watched the Transit of Venus • Born:1619 • Died: January 3 1641 • Nationality: English • Language spoken: English • Transit of Venus observed: 1639 Transit of Venus • Jeremiah watched the transit by placing a telescope in his front garden and put a sheet of paper in front of it so it reflected onto his window so he sat at his desk and watched the transit.

  4. Jeremiah Horrocks

  5. Guillaume Le Gentil Fact file His journey to find the Transit of Venus • Born: September 12 1725 • Died: October 22 1792 • Nationality: France • Language spoken: French • Guillaume wanted to go to Pondicherry in India to see the transit in 1761 but there was a war on. So he waited 8 years for the next transit in 1769. He wanted to go to Manila in the Philippines but the government said he had to go to Pondicherry. When he got there it was horrible weather, then he heard that Manila had perfect weather to see the transit.

  6. Guillaume Le Gentil

  7. Captain James Cook Fact file Fort Venus • Born: November 7 1728 • Died: February 14 1779 • Nationality: Britain • Language spoken: English • Transit of Venus observed: 1769 Transit of Venus • Fort Venus in Tahiti is the fort that Captain Cook built with his assistant Green. Captain Cook and Green stayed in their fort until the day came of the Transit of Venus. On the day they drew pictures of the transit.

  8. Captain James Cook

  9. CONTACTS • There are four contacts on the transit of Venus. • The first contact is when you can not see Venus against the sun. • The second contact is when Venus has only just touched the sun. • The third contact is when Venus is at the other side of the sun. • So the forth contact is when you can not see Venus against the sun.

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  11. Transit of Venus dates

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