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Transit of Venus to be viewed from NE on June 6
Times of India | TNN | May 9, 2012, 05.22AM IST
Due to its geographical position, Assam and the rest of the northeast is one of the few places in the country that will be able to witness the celestial phenomenon set to occur on June 6.
The Transit of Venus, in which the planet Venus passes directly between the sun and the earth, occurs in the sequence of eight years, 121.5 years, eight years again and 105.5 years. The June 6 event is said to be the second in the current pair as the first one occurred on June 8, 2004.
"The transit is very similar to an eclipse. The region is in a vantage point to witness the transit as it experiences early sunrise in comparison to other regions in the country. It was through this method that in 1639 that the distance of the earth to the sun was measured for the first time," said Sabyasachi Chatterjee of Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
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