Hello Eric, In a astronomy book written by a finish astronomer from 1969, I find this information: Next Venus passages: - 8 june 2004 (that is eight!) - 5-6 june 2012 - 11 december 2117 - 8 december 2125 There are four passages every 243 years, with regular intervals 8 y., 121.5 y., 8 y., and 105.5 years.
Regards, Bj�rn S�rheim in Norway At 23:55 19.03.03 EST, you wrote: > This is a bit off topic, but hopefully somebody out there can confirm >some information for me. My father recently had a diary from my >great-grandmother's step brother translated from the swedish. In it he >states that he got up early on the morning of 6 Dec 1882 to observe the >shadow of venus transiting the sun's disk. I believe he was in or near >Australia at the time. He further states that the next occurance would be >until 6 Jun 2004. Comments? > It is an interesting document, he also mentions having to stop sailing >at night and only sail during the day due to chunks of pumace in the ocean >from the Krakatoa volcanic explosion in 1883. > >Eric Olson >http://www.star-bits.com > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
