Reading: Venus in transit

Transit

Movement from one place to another

Measure

To calculate

Govern

To control or influence something

Orbital

Connected with the path which a planet travels on

Besiege

To surround sth/so in large number

Rule out

To thwart; prevent someone from doing what they want

Distort

To change the shape so that it is not clear

Accurate

Correct

Determine

To decide; make sth happen in a specific way

Extend

To make someone or something use all their abilities

Pave the way

To make it possible to do something

Breakthrough

An important discovery or development