Venus Will Never Repeat Passing Across Sun Until 2117

FILE – The planet Venus, black spot, crossing the sun is photographed through a telescope at Planetarium Urania in Hove, Belgium, in this June 8, 2004 file photo. On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again. Transits of Venus are very rare, coming in pairs separated by more than a hundred years. This June’s transit, the bookend of a 2004-2012 pair, won’t be repeated until the year 2117. Fortunately, the event is widely visible. Observers on seven continents, even a sliver of Antarctica, will be in position to see it. <AP/NEWSis>

A tiny dot of the planet Venus is seen on the northwest side of the Sun’s disc as viewed in Manila, Philippines, on a rare astronomical occasion in this June 8, 2004 file photo.

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