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June 6th in Astronomy and Space Science

	1761	Russian astronomer Mikhail Lomonosov, of the University of St. Petersburg, discovers that Venus has an atmosphere during a transit of the planet across the Sun.
	1983	USSR launches the Venera 16 space probe. It goes into orbit around Venus on 14 October 1983, conducts radar mapping of the surface and compiles a detailed temperature map of the northern hemisphere.

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