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The event of Venus passing in front of the Sun is called the transit. This is equivalent to an eclipse with the Moon replaced by the planet Venus. In this article, the rarity and importance of the event and the historical explorations are discussed.

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  1. B S Shylaja, Chintamani Ragoonathachari and contemporary Indian astronomy, Current Science, Vol.96, No.9, pp.1271–1273, 2009.

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  1. Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, T Chowdaiah Road High Grounds, Bangalore, 560 001, India

    B. S. Shylaja

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B S Shylaja is with the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore. She and her students observed the 2004 event and participated in the international campaign to derive the Astronomical Unit. She is engaged in teaching and her research areas include solar system bodies, stellar physics and history of astronomy.

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Shylaja, B.S. What is transit?. Reson 17, 487–492 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-012-0052-5

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