1 in 10 years: Mercury between the Earth and the Sun

Tomorrow (May 9), the world will witness an extremely interesting astronomical phenomenon, when Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun.

According to RT, this strange phenomenon only happens once every 13-14 years. This phenomenon is often called "transit".

When Mercury is between the Earth and the Sun, we may see a small black dot appear in the sky, the above process will last 7 hours, from 11:12 to 18:24 (according to UTC international time).

NASA's Twitter feed announcing the possibility of live internet viewing of Mercury's transit tomorrow.

Most of Western Europe, North America, and South America can witness the "transit" of Mercury.

Mercury is known to be the smallest planet in the Solar System. With a diameter of only about 4,880 km, Mercury is 3 times smaller than Earth, and 30 times smaller than Jupiter.

Mercury is only about 46 million - 70 million km from the Sun, making it the closest planet to the Sun in the Solar System. Because of this close distance, one year on Earth is equal to 4 years on Mercury.

As scheduled, NASA and ESA will make a “livestream” (live video report via the internet) about Mercury’s “transit” on their website so that everyone in the world can witness it./.

According to VOV