OU on the BBC: Stardate: Transit of Venus

By: The Stardate team (The Open University)

Posted under Body & Mind, What's On

Rare encounter Venus passing in front of the sun was a rare event - find out its significance in The Transit of Venus.

01 Jun

2004

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Thursday, 27th May 2004

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