Transit of Venus

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In this Horizon program, three expert female presenters explore the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event occurring most recently in June 2012. Solar physicist Dr Lucie Green charts the story of Captain James Cook's 1769 voyage to scientifically record the transit of Venus for the first time; oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski looks at the different paths Venus and Earth have taken; and biologist Liz Bonnin finds out how Venus is transforming our understanding of the extremes of life on our planet
Studying the Transit of Venus (1:32)
Transit of Venus Introduction (1:33)
Transit of Venus Mission (2:04)
Parallax Principle (2:25)
Determining Solar System Dimensions (3:37)
Venus Surface Environment (4:12)
Venus Core Structure (2:44)
Earth and Venus Differences (2:12)
Life on Venus (2:45)
Venus Biology Experiment (6:42)
Universal Scale (2:08)
Search for Exoplanets (4:54)
SETI Observatory (4:25)
Mauna Kea Exoplanet Study (5:29)
Hubble Space Telescope Precision (2:50)
Credits: Transit of Venus (0:34)

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