Eclipses, Occultations and Transits History Astronomy
Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa and the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well as photo
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Eclipses, Occultations and Transits
See Also:
- Transits of Venus - Transits in the past and on June 8, eclipses, occultations and transits 2004.
- The Transit of Venus & The Quest For The Solar Parallax - Excerpt of a book by David Sellers (Leeds, eclipses, occultations and transits England). Covers the history of trying to eclipses, occultations and transits find the Earth-Sun distance and how planetary transits eclipses, occultations and transits played a part in that.
- The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1882 - Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting.
- Christian Science Monitor Blog - Captain Cook, the transit of Venus, and a little trip to Tahiti - Short explanation of Cook\\'s mission, what he was history trying to history measure, and links to related web history content.
- No. 1303: Transit of Venus - Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link eclipses, occultations and transits to the audio.
- The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa - Describes the development of a higher education facility for women history in South Africa and the events that led to the history American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical history phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well history as photo
- Lecture 26: How Far the Sun? - From an introductory astronomy course, describes expeditions which eclipses, occultations and transits observed the 18th century transits.
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