KnowraTransit of VenusLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Transit of Venus, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 7Related 5Narrower topic 1Compared with 2James CookRelated: The Royal Society organized the first voyage partly to observe this rare event from Tahiti.Johannes KeplerRelated: Kepler’s predicted 1631 transit helped establish his methods’ practical reach, though he died before it occurred.Astronomical unitBroader topic: Observations of these rare events were used to estimate the scale of the Solar System.AstrophotographyBroader topic: Photographic timing of the transit helped astronomers measure the scale of the Solar System.Solar eclipseCompared with: Venus crosses the Sun without covering its disk, unlike the nearby, larger-appearing Moon.Edmond HalleyRelated: Halley proposed timing transits of Venus from distant locations to estimate the Earth–Sun distance.Mikhail LomonosovRelated: In 1761, Lomonosov observed the transit and inferred that Venus has an atmosphere.Pierre GassendiBroader topic: Gassendi’s 1631 observation of the transit demonstrated the value of precise astronomical observation.Angular diameterBroader topic: Venus's small angular diameter makes it appear as a tiny silhouette against the Sun.Rudolphine TablesBroader topic: The tables helped predict the 1631 transit, which Pierre Gassendi observed.Nevil MaskelyneNarrower topic: Maskelyne observed the 1761 transit during an expedition to Saint Helena.Astronomical tablesRelated: Predicted transit timings from tables supported observations used to estimate the astronomical unit.Transit of MercuryCompared with: Venus transits provided a historically prominent, though geometrically related, route to solar-parallax estimates.Roger Joseph BoscovichBroader topic: Boscovich used observations of the 1761 transit to investigate astronomical measurement.Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemBroader topic: Timed observations from widely separated locations helped estimate the astronomical unit.
KnowraTransit of VenusLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Transit of Venus, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 7Related 5Narrower topic 1Compared with 2James CookRelated: The Royal Society organized the first voyage partly to observe this rare event from Tahiti.Johannes KeplerRelated: Kepler’s predicted 1631 transit helped establish his methods’ practical reach, though he died before it occurred.Astronomical unitBroader topic: Observations of these rare events were used to estimate the scale of the Solar System.AstrophotographyBroader topic: Photographic timing of the transit helped astronomers measure the scale of the Solar System.Solar eclipseCompared with: Venus crosses the Sun without covering its disk, unlike the nearby, larger-appearing Moon.Edmond HalleyRelated: Halley proposed timing transits of Venus from distant locations to estimate the Earth–Sun distance.Mikhail LomonosovRelated: In 1761, Lomonosov observed the transit and inferred that Venus has an atmosphere.Pierre GassendiBroader topic: Gassendi’s 1631 observation of the transit demonstrated the value of precise astronomical observation.Angular diameterBroader topic: Venus's small angular diameter makes it appear as a tiny silhouette against the Sun.Rudolphine TablesBroader topic: The tables helped predict the 1631 transit, which Pierre Gassendi observed.Nevil MaskelyneNarrower topic: Maskelyne observed the 1761 transit during an expedition to Saint Helena.Astronomical tablesRelated: Predicted transit timings from tables supported observations used to estimate the astronomical unit.Transit of MercuryCompared with: Venus transits provided a historically prominent, though geometrically related, route to solar-parallax estimates.Roger Joseph BoscovichBroader topic: Boscovich used observations of the 1761 transit to investigate astronomical measurement.Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemBroader topic: Timed observations from widely separated locations helped estimate the astronomical unit.