... Historically, astronomers used timings of the transit from different locations to triangulate the distance to Venus, while modern astronomers actively search for planets that transit distant suns . ...
... transits themselves were separated in time by about 90 minutes, corresponding to the space station's orbital period. while the large, flare-producing sunspot group below center, AR 2043, remained a comfortable 150 million kilometers away, the distance ...
... Credit Copyright: Julian Wessel Explanation: From low Earth orbit to the outer Solar System, this remarkable video frame composite follows the International Space Station's transit of Saturn. ...
... Historically, astronomers used timings of the transit from different locations to triangulate the distance to Venus, while modern astronomers actively search for planets that transit distant suns . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . X ray Transit of Mercury . << Yesterday . 6.11.1999 . Tomorrow >> . ... This sequence of false color X-ray images captures a rare event - the passage or transit of planet Mercury in front of the Sun ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Simulated Transit of Mercury . << Yesterday . 8.11.2006 . Tomorrow >> . ... It shows active regions and the Mercury transit across the Sun at six positions from lower left to middle right . ...