k Mercurys transit of the Sun, 2016 Mercurys transit of the Sun. The Sun with the planet Mercury seen in silhouette small dot at left as it transits across the solar disc on 9 May 2016. Mercury transits are visible from Earth only about thirteen times a century, with the previous transit taking place in 2006 and the next in 2019. The 2016 transit occurred between 1112 and 1842 UTC on 9 May 2016. Mercury is the innermost planet of the solar system and is 58 million kilometres km from the Sun. It is 6786 km in diameter compared to the Sun which is approximately 860,000 km in diameter., Photo by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAYSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Mercury s transit of the Sun, 2016 Mercury s transit of the Sun. The Sun with the planet Mercury seen in silhouette small dot at left as it transits across the solar disc on 9 May 2016. Mercury transits are visible from Earth only about thirteen times a century, with the previous transit taking place in 2006 and the next in 2019. The 2016 transit occurred between 11:12 and 18:42 UTC on 9 May 2016. Mercury is the innermost planet of the solar system and is 58 million kilometres km from the Sun. It is 6786 km in diameter compared to the Sun which is approximately 860,000 km in diameter., Photo by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Mercury's transit of the Sun, 2016

Mercury's transit of the Sun. The Sun with the planet Mercury seen in silhouette (small dot at left) as it transits across the solar disc on 9 May 2016. Mercury transits are visible from Earth only about thirteen times a century, with the previous transit taking place in 2006 and the next in 2019. The 2016 transit occurred between 11:12 and 18:42 UTC on 9 May 2016. Mercury is the innermost planet of the solar system and is 58 million kilometres (km) from the Sun. It is 6786 km in diameter compared to the Sun which is approximately 860,000 km in diameter., Photo by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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