Mesmerizing.
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.
Makes me want to go re-watch Danny Boyle’s fantastic Sunshine.
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The earth’s diameter is a bit over 2.5x Mercury’s. So stick two and a half of those dots together and you have a sense for how big the Sun is. Yuuuuuge…