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transit of Venus

astronomical transit of Venus across the Sun
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Summary

transit of Venus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transit of Venus is credited with the discovery of Jeremiah Horrocks[2].
  • transit of Venus's video is recorded as 2012 Venus Transit.ogv[3].
  • transit of Venus's image is recorded as Venustransit 2004-06-08 07-49.jpg[4].
  • transit of Venus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85142778[5].
  • transit of Venus's subclass of is recorded as astronomical transit[6].
  • transit of Venus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Venus transit symbol.svg[7].
  • transit of Venus's Commons category is recorded as Transits of Venus[8].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1631-12-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1639-12-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1761-06-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1769-06-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1874-12-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +1882-12-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +2004-06-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +2012-06-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +2117-12-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • transit of Venus's point in time is recorded as +2125-12-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • transit of Venus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yrx3[19].
  • transit of Venus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Transit of Venus[20].
  • transit of Venus's spoken text audio is recorded as Transit of Venus.ogg[21].
  • transit of Venus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[22].
  • transit of Venus's described by source is recorded as Der Venusdurchgang vom 6. December 1882[23].
  • transit of Venus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • transit of Venus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Transits of Venus[25].
  • transit of Venus's BBC Things ID is recorded as 18a7316f-c4cb-406a-a3de-890aae8f7166[26].

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Works and Contributions

transit of Venus is credited with the discovery of Jeremiah Horrocks[2].

Why It Matters

transit of Venus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Jeremiah Horrocks

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Edo999 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → astronomical transit
    Point in time → —
    Topic has template → Template:Transits of Venus
    Topic's main category → Category:Transit of Venus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Solar transit"
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