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Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by Nobody: 4:36am On Nov 12, 2019 |
Planet Mercury passes across the face of the Sun 11 November 2019 Mercury appears in silhouette against the bright surface of the Sun Mercury has made a rare transit, where the planet passes across the face of the Sun as seen from Earth. During the transit, Mercury appeared as a dark silhouetted disc against the bright surface of our star. There are 14 transits in this century; the last before this was in 2016, but the next event will not occur until 2032. The transit began at 12:35 GMT, when the edge of Mercury appeared to touch the curvature of the Sun. Transits of Mercury are relatively rare (this image shows a previous, complete transit) It ended at 18:04 GMT when the edge of the silhouetted planet appeared to leave the Sun's disc. Professor Mike Cruise, president of the UK's Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), said: "This is a rare event, and we'll have to wait 13 years until it happens again. Transits are a visible demonstration of how the planets move around the Sun." The entire event was visible from the eastern US and Canada, the south-western tip of Greenland, most of the Caribbean, Central America, the whole of South America and some of West Africa. In Europe (including the UK), the Middle East, and most of Africa, the Sun set before the transit ended, and so the latter part of the event was not visible. In most of the US and Canada, and New Zealand, the transit was in progress as the Sun rose. Observers in eastern Asia, southern and south-eastern Asia, and Australia were not able to see the transit. Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. It completes each orbit around the Sun every 88 days, and passes between the Earth and Sun every 116 days. As the orbit of Mercury around the Sun is tilted compared with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the planet normally appears to pass above or below our nearest star. A transit can only take place when the Earth, Mercury and the Sun are exactly in line in three dimensions. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50377436?utm_source=soldsie&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=191112_planetmercurypassesacrossthefaceofthesun Lalasticlala |
Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by popsy2(m): 5:53am On Nov 12, 2019 |
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Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by seunlayi(m): 6:27am On Nov 12, 2019 |
This is interesting 1 Like |
Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by ladilawal82(m): 8:06am On Nov 12, 2019 |
Nature at its best |
Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by RirikaHoshikawa: 7:57am On Nov 13, 2019 |
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Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by AjegunIe: 9:45am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Nice one |
Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by Alexanity(m): 11:21am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Poor mecury, I hope you didn't get sunburn |
Re: Planet Mercury Passes Across The Face Of The Sun by NiggaArea: 5:11pm On Nov 20, 2019 |
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