Mercury transit
A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet. During a transit, Mercury appears as a tiny black dot moving across the Sun as the planet obscures a small portion of the solar disk. Because of orbital alignments, transits viewed from Earth occur in May or November. The last four such transits occurred on May 7, 2003; November 8, 2006; May 9, 2016; and November 11, 2019. The next will occur on November 13, 2032. A typical transit lasts several hours. Mercury transits are much more frequent than transits of Venus, with about 13 or 14 per century, primarily because Mercury is closer to the Sun and orbits it more rapidly.
On June 3, 2014, the Mars rover Curiosity observed the planet Mercury transiting the Sun, marking the first time a planetary transit has been observed from a celestial body besides Earth.
#SpaceExploration
#Astronomy
#Astrophysics
#Stargazing
#CosmicWonders
#RocketLaunch
#NASA
#SpaceTravel
#Galaxies
#Planets
#Extraterrestrial
#AlienLife
#SpaceTech
#SpaceScience
#BlackHoles
#StarFormation
#MoonMissions
#MarsExploration
#SolarSystem
#SpaceOddities
#SpaceTime
#CelestialBodies
#SpacePhotography
#ISS (International Space Station)
#Astrobiology
#SpaceRovers
#SpaceArt
#CosmicJourney
#SpaceFacts
#MeteorShowers
-
1:18
Rumbler247
8 months agoMercury Transit 2019
4 -
1:18
Jokser
1 year agoMercury transit
4 -
1:18
SpaceExplorerNASA
9 months agoMercury Transit - 4K
7 -
1:18
kejso
1 year agoMercury Transit 2019 - 4K
3 -
1:18
gaming
1 year agoMercury Transit 2019
1 -
1:18
ScienceTecho
10 months ago13425 Mercury transit2019V3
4 -
1:24
Find a way...
1 year ago2016 Mercury Transit in 4K
6 -
1:18
Find a way...
1 year agoMercury Transit 2019 - 4K
1 -
1:24
Find a way...
1 year ago2016 Mercury Transit in 4K
1 -
Find a way...
1 year agoMercury Transit 2019 - 4K