Transit of Venus
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Channel: Library of Congress · 2012 · Science & Technology
NASA's Sten Odenwald discusses the astronomical phenomenon known as the Transit of Venus, which occurs on June 5, 2012, and not again until the 22nd Century. Speaker Biography: Harvard educated, Dr. Sten Odenwald currently works under contract to NASA at the Goddard Spaceflight Center in education-related areas of space science. He also created The Astronomy Cafe, a web site for the "astronomically disadvantaged." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5502.
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