Avid skywatchers prepare for rare Venus fly-by
By Irene Klotz in Cape Canaveral, Fla. | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-06 08:07
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Planet Venus is seen as a black dot through a filtered telescope as it passes in front of the sun over Kuala Lumpur on June 8, 2004. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when it passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. Bazuki Muhammad / Reuters File |
One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when the planet Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117.
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