In transit

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Here in Brooklyn, about the only thing visible is the transit of headlights.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Henry Musikar <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>
>Sent: Nov 8, 2006 4:56 PM
>To: Pynchon Liste <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: RE: In transit
>
>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 
>
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