In addition, the phenomenon is of great interest to current researchers because the transit of Venus may shed light on a hot topic in modern astronomy: the detection of planets in other solar systems.

• 除此之外，金星凌日也令目前的研究人员备感兴趣，因为这个现象可能有助于现代天文学一个热门问题的研究：侦测太阳系外的行星。