Transit of Venus

  In 1716, Sir Edmond Halley realized that the predicted future transits of Venus in 1761 & 1769 could be used to solve a great problem (he never lived long enough to witness the transit himself). Explain what problem could be solved and the "complications" that arose as a result of this quest  

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