Astronomy Picture of Day: Mercury Spotting# Astronomy - 天文
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Mercury Spotting
Credit: SOHO - EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA
Explanation: Can you spot the planet? The diminutive disk of Mercury, the solar system's
innermost planet, spent about five hours crossing in front of the enormous solar disk
yesterday (Wednesday, May 7th), as viewed from the general vicinity of planet Earth. The
Sun was above the horizon during the entire transit for observers in Europe, Africa, Asia, or
Australia, and the horizon was certainly no problem for the sun-star
Credit: SOHO - EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA
Explanation: Can you spot the planet? The diminutive disk of Mercury, the solar system's
innermost planet, spent about five hours crossing in front of the enormous solar disk
yesterday (Wednesday, May 7th), as viewed from the general vicinity of planet Earth. The
Sun was above the horizon during the entire transit for observers in Europe, Africa, Asia, or
Australia, and the horizon was certainly no problem for the sun-star