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Map Marking Transit of Venus, 1770

A map of the Earth, marking the transit of Venus on June 6th, 1761. "Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics. To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, in the year 1761." Published in 1770. Transits of Venus across the disk of the Sun are among the rarest of planetary alignments. Only eight such events have occurred since the invention of the telescope. A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth (or another planet), becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. Venus transits are historically of great scientific importance as they were used to gain the first realistic estimates of the size of the Solar System.

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Map Marking Transit of Venus, 1770

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A map of the Earth, marking the transit of Venus on June 6th, 1761. "Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics. To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, in the year 1761." Published in 1770. Transits of Venus across the disk of the Sun are among the rarest of planetary alignments. Only eight such events have occurred since the invention of the telescope. A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth (or another planet), becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. Venus transits are historically of great scientific importance as they were used to gain the first realistic estimates of the size of the Solar System.

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5626 x 3139 px | 50.5 MB

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47.6 x 26.6 cm | 18.8 x 10.5 in (300 dpi)

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