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.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.Astronomical tablesRelated: Predicted transit timings from tables supported observations used to estimate the astronomical unit.