[meteorite-list] OT - Venus transit of the sun

From: (wrong string) ørn Sørheim <bsoerhei_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:49 2004
Message-ID: <200303201659.RAA02330_at_mail41.fg.online.no>

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,
Bjørn Sørheim
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
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