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1. Transit of Venus: A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can ... (Astronomy) [100%] 2023-06-14 [Transit of Venus] [Astronomical transits]...
2. Transit of Venus March: Template:Infobox musical composition The "Transit of Venus March" is a march scored for military brass band written by John Philip Sousa in 1883 to celebrate the 1882 Transit of Venus and published by the J.W. Pepper Company. (Astronomy) [86%] 2023-01-01 [Transit of Venus]
3. Transit of Venus (album): Transit of Venus is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on October 2, 2012 through RCA Records. (Album) [86%] 2023-01-24 [Transit of Venus]
4. Transit of Venus (play): Transit of Venus is a play by Canadian playwright Maureen Hunter. It was first produced at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in November 1992. (Play) [86%] 2022-09-30 [Transit of Venus]
5. 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii: The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii was an astronomical expedition by British scientists to observe the December 8 transit of Venus at three separate observing sites in the Hawaiian Islands, then known as the Sandwich Islands. It was ... (Astronomy) [65%] 2022-10-25 [Transit of Venus] [History of astronomy]...
6. 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island: The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island was an astronomical expedition by French scientists to observe the 9 December 1874 transit of Venus on subantarctic Campbell Island in the Southern Ocean some 600 km south of New Zealand ... (French astronomic observation voyage to the New Zealand territory) [61%] 2023-07-02 [Campbell Island, New Zealand] [Transit of Venus]...
7. Transit of Venus, 2012: The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012, and finished at 04:49 UTC on 6 June ... (Astronomy) [86%] 2023-12-06 [Transit of Venus]
8. 1874 transit of Venus: The 1874 transit of Venus, which took place on 9 December 1874 (01:49 to 06:26 UTC), was the first of the pair of transits of Venus that took place in the 19th century, with the second transit occurring ... (Astronomy) [86%] 2024-01-04 [Transit of Venus]
9. Transit of Venus, 1882: The 1882 transit of Venus, which took place on 6 December 1882 (13:57 to 20:15 UTC), was the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken place eight years earlier in 1874 ... (Astronomy) [86%] 2023-09-29 [Transit of Venus]
10. 1882 transit of Venus: The 1882 transit of Venus, which took place on 6 December 1882 (13:57 to 20:15 UTC), was the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken place eight years earlier in 1874 ... (Astronomy) [86%] 2022-04-01 [Transit of Venus]
11. Transit of Venus, 1639: The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639 by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent William Crabtree. The pair made their observations independently on 4 December that year (24 ... (Astronomy) [86%] 2023-03-11 [Transit of Venus] [Astrometry]...
12. 2004 transit of Venus: The second most recent transit of Venus observed from Earth took place on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. (Astronomy) [86%] 2022-12-02 [Transit of Venus]
13. 1769 transit of Venus observed from Tahiti: On June 3, 1769, navigator Captain James Cook, naturalist Joseph Banks, astronomer Charles Green and naturalist Daniel Solander recorded the transit of Venus from the island of Tahiti during Cook's first voyage around the world. During a transit, Venus ... (Astronomy) [65%] 2022-12-11 [Transit of Venus]