NOAA Satellite Captures Venus Transit
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Summary
| Description | The NOAA GOES satellites are most commonly associated with the non-stop coverage of severe weather over the western hemisphere. However, one of the sensors on-board the GOES spacecraft, the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI), points towards the Sun, providing constant monitoring of space weather, especially solar flares. On June 5th, the GOES-15 SXI captured the transit of Venus across the Sun. It can be seen in this animation as a small dark spot that crosses from left to right. The next transit of Venus visible by Earth will occur in 2117. |
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| Date | 2012-06-06 |
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| Author | NOAA/GOES 15 SXI Team |
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Attribution: NOAA/GOES 15 SXI Team, 2012-06-06