558 - The Transit of Venus part 1

Podcast: Do Go On · Do Go On Media

Opublikowano: 2026-07-01

How far away is the sun? English astronomer Edmond Halley suggested that tracking the transit of Venus across the sun would be the key to finding the answer. This set in motion a huge international collaborative scientific endeavour and one of the most comically cursed voyages, by the magnificently named Frenchman, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière! This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:25 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report). For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod <p...