* Astronomy

NASA Astrophysicist Sten Odenwald to Discuss a Rare Astronomical Event: Transit of Venus



The public is invited to a free lecture being held at the Library of Congress, about the rare Venus transit event.
On June 5, 2012, the planet Venus will move across the face of the sun. Such transits of Venus are among the rarest of planetary alignments, and they come in pairs that are eight years apart but separated by more than a century.
NASA astrophysicist Sten Odenwald will discuss "A Rare Astronomical Event: Transit of Venus" at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 8, in the Mary Pickford Theatre on the third floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.

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