Next Venus Transit

"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote in message
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Not according to http://home.att.net/~p.caimi/Mars.PDF! I did a search
for "occultation of jupiter by mars" and apparently there was one in
1591. There was also one in September 1170 (Julian calendar) which was
seen by Gervase of Canterbury. The source I found says Redshift has it
occurring on September 13, but Guide 8 insists on 2030 12 September.
It's beautiful! I don't have Redshift - perhaps someone can test this.
There's a fascinating page on Bill Gray's web site at
http://www.projectpluto.com/interest.htm#Mutual about mutual events. I
quote "You'll immediately notice that, though these events occur at an
average rate of about one every 35 years, that we are in the midst of a
long dearth of such events. The last was in 1818; the next will be in
2065. This is a natural extension of Murphy's Law to celestial
events."

Interesting to look through that, will read it today when work quietens
down!
Cheers,
James.