Venus transit and the Earth-Sun Distance 

One of the most useful astronomical phenomena is a transit, that is, the moment when a inner planet crosses the solar disk viewed from Earth. If we observe a transit from two different locations on Earth, we can determine the parallax and then the distance between the Earth and the Sun. That is the purpose of this laboratory and to reach goal, three methods are going to be presented.

 

THE DOCUMENTS: 

• The booklet
• Students guide 
• Teacher guide
• Formula sheet
• Calculations and results blank sheet

THE SOFTWARE:

• First Method Tool
• Second Method Tool
• Third Method Tool

THE IMAGES FOR DOWNLOAD:

• Par 1
• Par 2
• Par 3
• Par 4
• Par 5

QUIZ:

Example: Quiz Test

USEFUL WEBSITES:

• SOHO NASA-ESA
• CESAR Venus Transit
• Stellarium Software