[transits of Venus]
Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't
for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule.

They tend to come in pairs a few years apart, as you may recall from
the pair in 1892 BC and 1884 BC:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit...usCatalog.html

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