College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
8A20.40 - Transit - Mercury & Venus
- Chuck Bueter, "Why Not Try Serving up Astronomy To Your Students on a Plate?",Physics Education, Vol. 39, # 3, May 2004, p. 226.
- Arkan Simaan, "The Transit of Venus Across the Sun", Physics Education, Vol. 39, # 3, May 2004, p. 247.
- David Sellers, "The Life of Jeremiah Horrocks Remains Something of a Mystery", Physics Education, Vol. 39, # 3, May 2004, p. 298.
- Bernard Taylor, "Don't Miss the Transit of Venus", Physics Education, May 2004, p. 305.
- David Smith, "Venus Transit to Occur on 8 June", Physics Education, May 2004, p. 306.
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