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  2. Transit of Venus - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian rock band Three Days Grace titled their fourth studio album Transit of Venus and announced the album title and release date on June 5, 2012, the date of the last transit of Venus. The album's first song, "Sign of the Times", references the transit in the lyric "Venus is passing by".

  3. Black drop effect - Wikipedia

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    The black drop effect was long thought to be due to Venus's thick atmosphere, and indeed it was held to be the first real evidence that Venus had an atmosphere. However, it is now thought by many to be an optical effect caused by the combination of the extreme darkening of the Sun's disk near its apparent edge and the intrinsic imperfection of ...

  4. Planetary hours - Wikipedia

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    The planetary hours are an ancient system in which one of the seven classical planets is given rulership over each day and various parts of the day. Developed in Hellenistic astrology, it has possible roots in older Babylonian astrology, and it is the origin of the names of the days of the week as used in English and numerous other languages.

  5. 2004 transit of Venus - Wikipedia

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    Venus Transit 2004 Homepage at European Southern Observatory; Venus Transit 2004 – Miami, FL, USA Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine; HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2004 Transit of Venus; NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Transit closeup photo (10 June 2004) Images of the 2004 Transit of Venus by Crayford Manor House Astronomical ...

  6. Phases of Venus - Wikipedia

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    The full cycle from new to full to new again takes 584 days (the time it takes Venus to overtake the Earth in its orbit). Venus (like the Moon) has 4 primary phases of 146 days each. The planet also changes in apparent size from 9.9 arc seconds at full (superior conjunction) up to a maximum of 68 arc seconds at new (inferior conjunction). [1]

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  8. Venus - Wikipedia

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    The 1639 transit of Venus was accurately predicted by Jeremiah Horrocks and observed by him and his friend, William Crabtree, at each of their respective homes, on 4 December 1639 (24 November under the Julian calendar in use at that time). [212] William Richard Lavender, Jeremiah Horrocks (1618–1641) (1903), Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery

  9. Venus in Pisces Trine Mars Retrograde in Cancer Stirs Up ...

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    During this transit, your dreams and subconscious may bring some long-buried emotions to the surface, Aries.Venus in Pisces wants to help you heal the hidden parts of your heart, but Mars ...