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IAU C196 coincided with the 8 June 2004 transit of Venus, producing the exciting mix in these proceedings, from the amazing history of the English North-country astronomers of the seventeenth century; to the AU at a precision of 1.4 m; and the vexed question of leap seconds and time scales.International Astronomical Union, Colloquium Staff is the author of 'Transits of Venus New Views of The Solar System and Galaxy', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521849074 and ISBN 0521849071.
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