1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island
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1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island
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The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island was an astronomical expedition by French scientists to observe the 9 December 1874 transit of Venus on subantarctic Campbell Island in the Southern Ocean some 600 km south of New Zealand. It was one of several such scientific expeditions from various countries sent around the world to observe the rare astronomical event.
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French astronomic observation voyage to the New Zealand territory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Campbell_Island
date created:
2012-06-02T12:18:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T11:51:12Z
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