In transit

[Henry Musikar]

It should be noted that the transit of mercury was the first transit ever
observed, and that it's original observation was in the testing of Kepler's
prediction years before it's occurrence.

For more on today's transit: 
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=21235 

Henry Musikar
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hinks
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:43 AM

It's not Venus but might be interesting for Americans amongst us to
have a peek....

"Astronomers in the Americas, East Asia and Oceania will get a rare
opportunity to see Mercury pass in a direct line across the Sun this
week.

The closest planet to our star will be visible as a tiny black dot
creeping over the solar face from 1912 GMT on Wednesday to 0010 GMT on
Thursday.

The last Mercury transit was in 2003; the next will be on 9 May 2016."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6121822.stm