| The planet Venus is passing across the disc of the
sun after 122 years on Tuesday morning. It's called a transit of Venus
and it hasn't happened for the last 122 years.
Venus Transit will be aired live on DD National from 10:30 am to
12:30 pm on 8 June. It will be anchored by actor, playwright Girish
Karnad along with co-anchor Aparna Vaish, with expert comments from
professor Yash Pal, professor Arvind Bhatnagar and Dr. Vinay B Kamble.
The Transit will be clearly visible in countries like Egypt, Turkey,
Crete, Cyprus and the Canary Islands. But Greece with its sunny
skies is the favourite transit-watching site among astronomers.
While in case of Europe, the Middle East and much of Africa, Venus
moves in front of the sun's disk in mid-morning and exits in early
afternoon.
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