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Transit of Venus across the Disk of the Sun By Dr. Harold Williams of Montgomery College Planetarium Given on June

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History 1639 Jeremiah Horrocks Wikipedia1639Jeremiah Horrocks 1761 beginning of international science Tahiti Wikipedia1769 Tahiti th of December 1882 reanimated Sky and Telescopereanimated Sky and Telescope Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at Montgomery College TPSS parking garage Fenton Street2004

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