Transit of Venus 2012

IIA library will be focusing the important news items and articles on Transit of Venus.

  • Transit of Venus: Last chance to see, Pasachoff, JM., Nature, 485, 303, 2012
  • Venus's Rare Sun Crossing May Aid Search for Exoplanets, Cowen, R., Science, 336, 606, 2012
  • The Transit of Venus: June 5/6, 2012, Backhaus, U., AmJPh, 80, 361, 2012
  • Sunlight refraction in the mesosphere of Venus during the transit on June 8th, 2004,Tanga, P., Widemann, T., Sicardy, B., et. al., Icarus, 218, 207, 2012
  • Transmission spectrum of Venus as a transiting exoplanet, Ehrenreich, D., Vidal-Madjar, A., Widemann, T., et. al., A&A, 537, L2, 2012
  • Special Issue: The Transit of Venus , Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand , 42, 61, 2012
  • Variability of solar/stellar activity and magnetic field and its influence on planetary atmosphere evolution, Lammer H., Guedel M., Kulikov Yuri., et al., Earth Planets Space, 64, 179, 2012
  • On the transit of Venus 2012: Method of computation for prediction of contact timings, Jyoti LM., Sen Sanjibl., MAUSAM, 63, 113, 2012
  • Shoot the “Never Again” Transit of Venus 2012, Sarkar, D., Science Reporter, 49, 15, 2012
  • Last Transit of Venus in the 21st Century, Mascarenhas, KS., Science Reporter, 49, 8, 2012
  • Division XII / Commission 41 / Working Group Transits of Venus, Duerbeck, HW., Dick, S., van Gent, R., et al., Transactions IAU, 7, 403, 2012
  • Sun Earth Day 2012, The Transit of Venus, "Shadows of the Sun", Mayo, L., James, N., Lewis, E., et al., 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , No. 1659, id.2869, 2012
  • Transit of Venus Culture: A Celestial Phenomenon Intrigues the Public, Bueter, C., AAS Meeting, #219, 90.04, 2012
  • Astronomers, Transits of Venus, and the Birth of Experimental Psychology, Sheehan, W., Thurber, S., AAS Meeting, #219, 90.02, 2012
  • Transits Of Venus: 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874,1882, 2004, and 2012, Pasachoff, JM., AAS Meeting, #219, 90.01, 2012
  • The Cultural Impact of the Transit of Venus, Sten Odenwald., Technology Through Time, # 76, 2012
  • The Mathematics of the Transit of Venus, Sten Odenwald., Technology Through Time, # 75, 2012
  • The Science of the Transit of Venus, Sten Odenwald., Technology Through Time, # 74, 2012
  • A Brief History of the Transit of Venus, Sten Odenwald., Technology Through Time, # 73, 2012
  • Venus in India: the transit tales, Kapoor, RC., Preprint, 2012
  • Historical Observations/Expeditions: Transit of Venus Observed in India during 1761 – 2004", Birdie, Christina., Prabahar, P., and Mohan, B. S., Poster presented during "IIA In-House Scientific Meeting April 13, 2012" held at IIA, Bangalore
  • Vigyan Prasar Science Portal on "Transit of Venus 2012"