Venus Transits Across Sun; Next Crossing Will Be 2117
Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 11:02
In a rare astronomical event, Venus's path took it across the sun as it passes directly between the Earth and the Sun. This rare event which only happens ever 105 year won't happen again until December 11, 2117.
The picture above was provided to TFNJ by NASA and taken from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory, SDO, satellite, which was launched in 2012 for a five year mission to observe the sun.
The event is one of the rarest astronomical events in our solar system that is visible from Earth, only seven Venus transits have occurred since the invention of the telescope.
