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Today's Current Planets - Astrology Planetary Positions & Transits. (UT/GMT) Time | Change to your local timezone. Start Astro Clocks (Chart will open in the new window and planets will be automatically refreshed) Download chart | Print chart | Horary chart. House system: Chart graphics: Planetary Hours:
Transit Chart Calculator, Astrology Transits online Free interpretation. Transits of the Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and other planets online calculator.
Display your interactive planetary transits, the ephemerides and the fixed stars, and get the current transits bi-wheel chart.
In astronomy, a transit (or astronomical transit) is the passage of a celestial body directly between a larger body and the observer. As viewed from a particular vantage point, the transiting body appears to move across the face of the larger body, covering a small portion of it. [1]
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A transit occurs when a planet passes between a star and its observer. Transits within our solar system can be observed from Earth when Venus or Mercury travel between us and the Sun.
In astronomy, planetary transits and occultations occur when a planet passes in front of another object, as seen by an observer.
The transit or passage of a planet across the disk of the Sun may be thought of as a special kind of eclipse. As seen from Earth, only transits of the inner planets Mercury and Venus are possible. Planetary transits are far more rare than eclipses of the Sun by the Moon.
The transit method is one of the ways that astronomers discover planets orbiting other stars. Using a space telescope like Kepler, they survey a portion of the night sky, watching the brightness...
Transit, in astronomy, the passage of a relatively small body across the disk of a larger body, usually a star or a planet, occulting only a very small area. Mercury and Venus periodically transit the Sun, and a moon may transit its planet. Extrasolar planets (e.g., HD 209458b) have been discovered.