Article 1DDJR NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory Captures Mercury’s Transit Between Earth and the Sun

NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory Captures Mercury’s Transit Between Earth and the Sun

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Glen Tickle
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the planet Mercury's May 9, 2016 transit between the Earth and Sun. The transit occurred between approximately 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT, and the video shows the event across a number of different wavelengths. Mercury passes between the Earth and Sun like this about 13 times per century.

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