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Description	Measuring Venus transit times to determine solar parallax. For a simple explanation of the method used to measure the AU see http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys445/gettys/venus_ex/venus_ex.html
Date	October 2007
Source	Image:VenusTransitVermeer.png and Image:VenusTransitVermeer (fr).svg
Author	Vermeer, Duckysmokton, Ilia
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