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\nOur solar system's smallest planet will be visible on Monday, May 9 as it passes between Earth and the sun, in a rare spectacle that only occurs a few times a century. Mercury will take about seven and a half hours to move across the sun...\nOur solar system's smallest planet will be visible on Monday, May 9 as it passes between Earth and the sun, in a rare spectacle that only occurs a few times a century. Mercury will take about seven and a half hours to move across the sun beginning from 7:12 a.m. EST until around 2:42 p.m. EST. Mercury, which is about three times smaller than Earth, will be just 1/158 the width of the sun's disk, so its movement across the sun is only visible with high-powered lenses.\n
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2016
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journey, planets viewed from earth, earth, mercury transits the sun, move, line, weird things in the sky 2016, how to see mercury from earth, orbit, mercury transit 2016, black drop effect, mercury transit, edge
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