Wednesday, May 11, 2016

NASA’s SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse


Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury transit occurred on May 9, between roughly 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT.

The images in this video are from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhWMOkrzKzs

Reference:http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12235

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