The Kingdom of Bahrain witnessed this morning a rare non-too-soon recurrent planetary phenomenon which occurs only once in more than a century which is the passage of Planet Venus past the Sun, according to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), report.
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Astronomy Society deputy chairman and professor of applied physics Dr. Waheeb Isa Al-Nasser, Ph.D. in an exclusive interview told Bahrain TV that special teams in Sakhir, Tubli, Isa Town, Hamad Town and Adliya watched Planet Venus from the moment of sunrise at 04:45 am until 07:38 am on Wednesday.
Dr. Al-Nasser explained that the next anticipated passage of Planet Venus will be on 11 December 2117 followed by another passage after 8 years on 8 December 2125 as its passage occurs once after an interval of 120.5 years.
Dr. Al-Nasser thanked the Kingdom of Bahrain’s TV for its live broadcast from University of Bahrain’s observatory telescope, which Dr. Al-Nasser asserted serves knowledge and local and international community especially as the Planet Venus is obscured by clouds or other obstacles in some places around the globe.
Dr. Al-Nasser explained that the Planet Mercury shall pass before the Sun on 9 May 2016 and would be seen from the Kingdom of Bahrain at noontime.