Timeline Saturday 3 June 1769

Saturday 3 June 1769

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1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti Cook's expedition times the planet crossing the Sun Astronomers around the world observed Venus passing across the face of the Sun to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun. James Cook's Endeavour expedition made its observations from Point Venus in Tahiti, alongside observers in Europe, North America and Siberia.
1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti Cook's expedition times the planet crossing the Sun Astronomers around the world observed Venus passing across the face of the Sun to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun. James Cook's Endeavour expedition made its observations from Point Venus in Tahiti, alongside observers in Europe, North America and Siberia.