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The longitudes of perihelion were only 29 degrees apart at J2000, so the smallest distances, which come when inferior conjunction happens near Earth's perihelion, occur when Venus is near perihelion. An example was the transit of December 6, 1882: Venus reached perihelion Jan 9, 1883, and Earth did the same on December 31.
For example, the perihelion shift of Earth's orbit due to general relativity is theoretically 3.83868″ per century and experimentally (3.8387 ± 0.0004)″/cy, Venus's is 8.62473″/cy and (8.6247 ± 0.0005)″/cy and Mars' is (1.351 ± 0.001)″/cy. Both values have now been measured, with results in good agreement with theory. [15]
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.It is a terrestrial planet and is the closest in mass and size to its orbital neighbour Earth.Venus has by far the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets, composed mostly of carbon dioxide with a thick, global sulfuric acid cloud cover.
On Jan. 13, the comet is expected to reach perihelion (its closest point to the Sun). ... Radiating an expected magnitude of -4.5, its brightness can potentially rival Venus' shine.
The current perihelion, near January 4, is fairly close to the solstice of December 21 or 22. ... Venus 0.724 224.70 7.52 Earth 1 365.25 7.50 Mars 1.524 686.95 7.50 ...
Transit of Venus. 2257 Eris will reach perihelion (38 AU) from the Sun for the first time since discovery. 2265–2267 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 ...
At perihelion, Earth is roughly 91.4 million miles away from the sun. On average, the planet is separated from the sun by a distance of approximately 93 million miles.
A better method for observing Venus transits was devised by James Gregory and published in his Optica Promata (1663). It was strongly advocated by Edmond Halley [45] and was applied to the transits of Venus observed in 1761 and 1769, and then again in 1874 and 1882. Transits of Venus occur in pairs, but less than one pair every century, and ...