{"id":3903,"date":"2026-07-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/why-has-venus-obsessed-so-many-astronomers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:00:00","slug":"why-has-venus-obsessed-so-many-astronomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/why-has-venus-obsessed-so-many-astronomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit of wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transit of wonder<br \/>\n<!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.aeonmedia.co\/images\/edd173e9-a53b-41b5-a8f9-9f8542057c58\/final-venus_transit_dc_asd_1470_full.jpg?width=1200&amp;quality=75&amp;format=auto\" alt=\"A large orange sun behind clouds with a small black spot, representing the transit of a planet.\"><\/p>\n<p>Every 122 years, Venus crosses the Sun as a black and fleeting teardrop, kindling the awe of all those who dare to know<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; by Ananya Palivela<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-has-venus-obsessed-so-many-astronomers\">Read on Aeon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-has-venus-obsessed-so-many-astronomers\">Go to Source<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Ananya Palivela<\/p>\n<div>Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world\u2019s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos \u2014 free to all.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>SPACEPERIUM CORPS &#038; RESEARCH CONTRIBUTORS<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Please comment below with research and links for fellow members to conduct further research into this area.<br \/>\nYou must be registered and signed into SPACEPERIUM BLOG in order to leave your comment and get credited!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transit of wonder Every 122 years, Venus crosses the Sun as a black and fleeting teardrop, kindling the awe of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terraforming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/spaceperium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}