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2. List of conjunctions (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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   Venus 25.4° East September 11, 2008 20:36:33 Venus 20' north of Mars 25.5° East September 12, 2008 20:59:16 Mercury 3°26' south of Mars 25.3° East September 19, 2008 05:13:06 Mercury 4°08' south of Mars 23.3° East December 1, 2008 00:36:13 Venus 2°02' south of Jupiter 42.7° East December 27, 2008 01:50:46 Venus 1°45' south of Neptune ...

3. Transit of Venus - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Observations and explorations of Venus - Wikipedia

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   Because its orbit takes it between the Earth and the Sun, Venus as seen from Earth exhibits visible phases in much the same manner as the Earth's Moon. Galileo Galilei observed the phases of Venus in December 1610, an observation which supported Copernicus's then-contentious heliocentric description of the Solar System.

5. Venus - Wikipedia

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   As it orbits the Sun, Venus displays phases like those of the Moon in a telescopic view. The planet appears as a small and "full" disc when it is on the opposite side of the Sun (at superior conjunction). Venus shows a larger disc and "quarter phase" at its maximum elongations from the Sun, and appears at its brightest in the night sky. The ...

6. List of missions to Venus - Wikipedia

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   Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union , followed by the United States , have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970.

7. 2004 transit of Venus - Wikipedia

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   A projection of the 2004 Transit of Venus as seen from Mumbai, India at 14:57:50 IST (09:27:50 UTC) clicked using a Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 camera by Dhaval Mahidharia. A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast ...

8. VENμS - Wikipedia

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   The satellite has a 2-day revisit orbit which allows constant viewing angles at constant Sun lighting angles. The unique combination is hoped to allow the development of new image processing methods. A set of at least 50 points of interest around the world were chosen to be scanned throughout the scientific mission.

9. 524522 Zoozve - Wikipedia

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   524522 Zoozve (/ ˈ z uː z v eɪ / ⓘ; provisional designation 2002 VE 68) is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and temporary quasi-satellite of Venus. [5] Discovered in 2002, it was the first such object to be discovered around a major planet in the Solar System.