Transit of Venus (disambiguation) - Definition

• A Transit of Venus occurs when Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth.
  • The Transit of Venus, 2004 took place on June 8, 2004.
  • The Transit of Venus, 2012 will take place on June 5, 2012 – June 6 2012.

• A Transit of Venus from Mars occurs when Venus passes between the Sun and Mars

• The Transit of Venus March (MIDI file (http://www.dws.org/sousa/mid/transit.mid)) is a march by John Philip Sousa.

• The composer and bandleader later wrote another work called The Transit of Venus — a 40,000-word prose story (written 1920) about a group of misogynists called the Alimony Club who, as a way of temporarily escaping the society of women, embark on a sea voyge to observe the transit of Venus. The captain's niece, however, has stown away on board and soon has won over the men. [1] (http://indians.syr.edu/mfrantz/wgpark/page.asp?pid=10)

• Transit of Venus is a novel by Shirley Hazzard.

• Transit of Venus is a play by Maureen Hunter.