Transit of Earth

A 1971 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke entitled Transit of Earth was about a doomed astronaut on Mars observing the 1984 transit; setting the story in 1984 turned out to be too optimistic. The short story was first published in the January 1971 issue of Playboy magazine. (From absolute astronomy/rederence)
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