Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Venus Transit from GOES/SXI
Instrument:
GOES-12/SXI
Description:
Venus has moved off the solar disk (around the 4:30 position) but is still silhouetted against the x-ray emission from the solar corona.
Abstract:
The planet Venus is seen passing between the Earth and the Sun in this sequence of images taken by GOES/SXI. The last Venus Transit was in 1882, the next will be in 2012.
Completed:
2004-07-20
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NOAA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Scientist:
Daniel Wilkinson (NOAA/SEC)
Series:
Venus Transit
Data Collected:
2004-06-08T03:02:04 - 2004-06-08T14:59:46
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Space science
Keywords:
Sun
Keywords:
Transit
Keywords:
Venus
note:
More Information on this topic available at
http://www.gsfc.nas…
facet_where:
Venus
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
1882
facet_when:
2012
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Venus
facet_when_year:
1882
facet_when_year:
2012
Animation Number:
2966
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002900/a0029 66/vtransithr.0310-I MAGE
original url:

Venus Transit from GOES/SXI