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Difference between Astronomical transit and Venus

Astronomical transit vs. Venus

In astronomy, a transit (or astronomical transit) is the passage of a celestial body directly between a larger body and the observer. Venus is the second planet from the Sun.

Astronomical transit

In astronomy, a transit (or astronomical transit) is the passage of a celestial body directly between a larger body and the observer.

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Cassini–Huygens

Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Conjunction (astronomy)

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft appear to be close to each other in the sky.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Inferior and superior planets

In the Solar System, a planet is said to be inferior or interior with respect to another planet if its orbit lies inside the other planet's orbit around the Sun.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Natural satellite

A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite).

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Opposition (astronomy)

In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).

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Planet

A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Transit of Mercury

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Transit of Venus

A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk.

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