[DOC] [TLE] First voyage of James Cook - Wikipedia [PAR] On 16 February 1768 the Royal Society petitioned King George III to finance a 
scientific expedition to the Pacific to study and observe the 1769 transit of Venus
... [DOC] [TLE] James Cook and the Transit of Venus | Science Mission Directorate [PAR] May 27, 2004 ... Citizen Scientists  Get Involved ... On August 12, 1768, His Majesty's Bark 
Endeavour slipped out of harbor, ... It was worth the risk, he figured, to observe a 
transit of Venus. ... Their mission was to reach Tahiti before June 1769, establish 
... In Cook's time astronomers knew that six planets orbited the sun... [DOC] [TLE] James Cook: First Voyage [PAR] From a scientific viewpoint, worldwide observations of the 1761 transit of Venus 
... the planets, urged the scientific community to take advantage of the next transit, 
which ... Captain Cook's Ship on His First Global Circumnavigation, 17681771 
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Cook's career as an explorer began in August 1768, when he left ... with sailing to 
Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the ... In 1776, a 47-year-
old Cook set sail on his third voyage of .... Planet H  Biography. [DOC] [TLE] For Scientists of the 18th Century, the Transit of Venus Was Their ... [PAR] Jun 5, 2012 ... The ship set sail in August of 1768 in anticipation of the transit that would occur ... 
desire in Observing the whole of the passage of the Planet Venus over the ... The 
same was true not just for Cook and his crew in Tahiti, but for all of the .... He is 
the sort of writer who tosses off such lines as I zipped along the... [DOC] [TLE] Historic Transit of Venus Sketched by British Explorer - Live Science [PAR] Jun 5, 2012 ... British explorer James Cook made sketches of the transit of Venus in 1769 from 
the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. ... Nearly 250 years ago, when the planet 
Venus made a rare pass between Earth and ... Much of the world will be able to 
see the transit of Venus, and at least one group of scientists are... [DOC] [TLE] Transit of Venus Today | BU Today | Boston University [PAR] Jun 5, 2012 ... BU has set up stations for viewing the transit of Venus, beginning at 6 this 
evening. ... the transit of Venus, the fleeting span when our neighboring planet ... 
Clarke says that legendary British explorer Captain James Cook set off in 1768, 
on ... But it was worth it to observe the transit, which, Cook and others... [DOC] [TLE] 2012 Transit of Venus - June 5th - Starship Asterisk* - APOD [PAR] The relative spacing of planets was known, but not their absolute distances. ... 
The idea galvanized scientists who set off on expeditions around the world to 
view a .... Oscillation Network Group (GONG) helioseismic network that circle the 
Earth, ... Cook sailed out of Plymouth harbor to observe the Transit of Venus in 
Tahiti,... [DOC] [TLE] The transit of Venus and the longitude problem  a brief(ish) history ... [PAR] Dec 9, 2011 ... Astronomers of the day knew that six planets  Mercury, Venus, ... His efforts 
resulted in 1761 in the largest international scientific undertaking the world had 
ever seen. ... Among those who set off from England to far-flung corners of the ... 
Cook was dispatched in 1768 to Tahiti to observe the 1769 transit of... [DOC] [TLE] Venus transit 2012: Last-in-a-lifetime event will cross Sun at 5.37am ... [PAR] Jun 5, 2012 ... Transit of Venus: Last-in-a-lifetime event crosses the Sun at 5.37am in London ... 
Venus is currently Earth's closest neighboring planet, although Mars .... Groups of 
scientists from the University of North Texas plan to watch from ... In 1768, when 
James

Question: In 1768 Cook set off to Tahiti with a group of scientists to observe the transit of this planet
Answer: Venus