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Venus Transit Finished

Posted by michael on from the all-summer-in-a-day dept.

KjetilK writes "Venus is just about to cross the solar disc. Direct from the control room in the Frogner Park in Oslo, I'm pleased to inform you that we have a great webcast, and as far as we know, it is the only webcast that still stands upright... Slashdotters, do your worst! ;-) A Venus transit is one of the most unique astronomical events in our time, in fact, no living person has witnessed it before today. And today, more people have seen it from the park where I'm sitting that in the rest of human history. Also, it had tremendous importance for the development of science, as it gave the first absolute measurements of distances in the solar system. Especially in 1769, a transit made science take huge leaps forward. And BTW, New Zealand and Australia were 'discovered' in the process" Some nice photos from the UK, photos from vt-2004.org, and if you missed it, it'll be eight short years till you can try again.

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  1. Re:WTF!!!? by cuzality · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...there are websites other than /. ...

    If had discovered such a thing, don't you think they would have posted it to the Science section by now?

  2. MODS? Hellooo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The principal events occurring during a transit are characterized by rectums. The event begins with rectum I which is the instant when the planet's disk is externally tangent with the Sun. The entire disk of the Venus is first seen at rectum II when the planet is internally tangent with the Sun.

    It wasn't even that well hidden. Geez.

  3. Re:In case of Slashdotting-Article Text by orbit0r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The principal events occurring during a transit are characterized by rectums.

    Rectum? Damn near killed him!

  4. Re:In case of Slashdotting-Article Text by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    > Venus is first seen at rectum II

    Rectum II? Damned near killed 'em II!

  5. Added To The 10 Most Wanted: +1, Helpful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Is none other than "President" George W. Bush

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  6. Venus Transit Finished by jalet · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So is my intestinal transit.

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