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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.
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In astronomy, planetary transits and occultations occur when a planet passes in front of another object, as seen by an observer.The occulted object may be a distant star, but in rare cases it may be another planet, in which case the event is called a mutual planetary occultation or mutual planetary transit, depending on the relative apparent diameters of the objects.
It features a filtering system for the catalog to only display objects with matching name or ID. The pass predictions generates, among other things, the time window, minimum elevation and the apparent brightness of the object in the sky. Satellite Tracking provides detailed real-time and pass predictions for Earth orbiting satellites.
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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
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