Transits of Venus (IAU C196)
Transits of Venus (IAU C196)
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USDOn 24 November 1639 in the tiny Lancashire village of Much Hoole, Jeremiah Horrocks made the first observations of a transit of Venus. In the following century the great expeditions to observe the transits of Venus gave us the most colourful stories in astronomy. IAU C196 coincided with the 8 June 2004 transit of Venus, producing the exciting, eclectic mix that can be found in these proceedings: the amazing history of the English North-country astronomers of the seventeenth century; the AU at a precision of 1.4 m; the explanation for the infamous black drop effect; a possible Mayan observation of a transit of Venus in the thirteenth century; the vexed question of leap seconds and time scales; history, distances, parallaxes, the solar system at exquisite precision and future space missions that will revolutionise astronomy.
- Proceedings of IAU meeting in June 2004
- Covers history of astronomy as well as latest developments in the field
- Of interest to researchers in history of science, astronomy and astrophysics
Product details
June 2005Hardback
9780521849074
554 pages
254 × 182 × 34 mm
1.278kg
306 b/w illus.
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Part I. Transits of Venus: History, Results and Legacy: Part II. The AU and the PC
- Part III. Transits, the Solar System and Extra-Solar Planets
- Part IV. The Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Public Lecture
- Part V. New Views of the Galaxy: Parallaxes, Distances and Implications for Astrophysics
- Part VI. New Views of the Galaxy: Future Space and Ground-Based Programmes
- Part VII. Summary.
