Get ready for the ‘Transit of Venus’ On Tuesday, June 5th, Venus
will cross the face of the sun. The transit will take about
seven hours and begin at 6:09 p.m. EDT. By Kim Segal (CNN) —
There’s a lot of excitement surrounding the “Transit of Venus,”
even though this rare astronomical event will yield little
scientific value. On Tuesday, Venus will cross the face of the
sun. The transit will take about seven hours and begin at 6:09
p.m. EDT. The next time Venus journeys across the sun will be in
the year 2117, says Jack Lissauer, Kepler Mission co-
investigator and planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research.
“This is the last chance for almost everybody unless we have
huge medical advances,” Lissauer says. In 1769 Capt. James Cook
set up an observation point in Tahiti, French Polynesia, where
he collected data on Venus during the transit that took place
over 243 years ago. To this day, the place Cook observed Venus’
trek across the sun is known as Point Venus. Tour operators are
advertising trips to Point Venus