Books & Handbooks

La història de transit de venus

Type
Comic
Author
Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC
Date
Language
CA
ES
EN
Size
12 pages
Format
On-line

Josep Manel Carrasco and Jordi del Río ofer us these comic, based in de Salvador Ribas's text. These short story speaks about the different expeditions organized in the XVIII and XIX centuries in order to observe the transit of Venus from different points of the planet to calculate the distance Earth-Sun.

 

These comic is aviable in Catalan, Spanish and English.

 

Supplementary files
Catalan
Spanish
English

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Related News & Activities

L'astrònom Josep Manel Carrasco (ICCUB-IEEC) al Fet a Mida
What is the origin of the Star of Bethlehem? Josep Manel Carrasco at the Fet a Mida TV Program
Language
CA

Comet Halley, Venus, a conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn... There are many theories about what the Christmas star could have been, the one responsible for guiding the three wise Magi towards Jesus' birthplace. We analyze them with the researcher and astronomer of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona Josep Manel Carrasco. on the local television program "Fet a Mida".

You can see his participation here:

 

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