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The Venus Transit 2004 (VT-2004) Programme
Richard West and Henri M.J. Boffin (ESO)
Abstract:
Why did Captain Cook travel to Tahiti? How big is the Solar System? How is it possible to detect Earth-sized planets in orbit around other stars? And how is it possible to participate actively, together with many other people on other continents, in an extremely rare celestial event - one that has never been seen before by any person now alive? These and others are questions that the ambitious "VT-2004" programme tries to answer.
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