Launchpad: Transits (Venus Transit 2)

Short film · 5 min

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Synopsis

Discover how scientists used the last Venus transit and a geometric technique called parallax to verify the distance between sun and Earth. Find out what scientists hope to learn the next time Venus makes a shadow on the face of the sun.

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Running time

5 minutes

Language

English

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• NASA eClips
• NIA
• Launchpad
• secondary
• education
• engineering
• technology
• science
• Venus
• Mercury

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