VENUS TRANSIT TAKES PLACE WHEN THE PLANET VENUS GETS BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT PATH OF EARTH AND SUN.THIS ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WAS OBSERVED IN 2004 WHICH LASTED FOR ALMOST 6 HOURS.A SMALL BLACK DISK IS OBSERVED AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE SUN MOVING ACCROSS IT.SPECIAL THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THAT THIS PATTERN REPEATS ITSELF AFTER 243 YEARS TRANSITS OF VENUS ARE THE RAREST ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA.THEY APPEAR WITH PAIRS OF TRANSISTS 8 YEARS APART ,SEPARATED BY LONG GAPS OF 121.5 YEARS AND 105.5 YEARS.THIS EVENT IS THE CAUSE OF THE ORBITAL PERIODS OF EARTH AND VENUS WHICH ARE CLOSE TO 8:13 AND 243.395 COMMENSURABILITIES(IT IS THE PROPERTY OF TWO ORBITING OBJECTS LIKE PLANETS,SATELLITES OR ASTEROIDS WHOSE ORBITAL PERIODS ARE IN A RATIONAL PROPORTION)
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF VENUS TRANSIT IS THAT WITH THE HELP OF PARALLAX,IT WAS USED TO GET THE FIRST REALISTIC DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SUN AND EARTH AND ESTIMATING THE SIZE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
VISIBILTY OF THIS EVENT AS PER THE REGION IS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE BELOW.
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