"jsp" <jspub2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The most distant object yet observed in the solar system
> has recently been discovered. Also, Venus will move across
> the face of the Sun in June for the first time in 122 years!

Actually, the last June transit of Venus was in 1769 (before that in 1761).

The transits of 1874 and 1882 were in December.

The latter was 121.5 years before this year's transit.

Venus transits can only occur within a day or two (depending on the leap
year calendar, among other things) of the dates when the earth aligns with
Venus' nodes - June 7 and December 8. Venus will traverse the northern limb
of the sun on a slight downward angle (about 3