Sun  Planets and Moons  ID: 2735

Mercury Transit of the Sun

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on May 7, 2003
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The planet Mercury is visible passing between the Sun and the TRACE spacecraft. Data collected on May 7, 2003, from 04:32:04 to 08:08:57.
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The dark spot is Mercury, just as it passes over the solar disk.
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Mercury continues its motion across the disk.
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and keeps moving along.
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Still going...
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Video slate image reads "Mercury transit of the Sun

The planet Mercury is visible passing between the Sun and the TRACE spacecraft".

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Neal Hurlburt (LMSAL): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Sam Freeland (LMSAL), Dawn Myers (GSFC), Carolus J. Schrijver (LMSAL)

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Missions:
Mercury
SOHO
TRACE

Data Used:
TRACE
2003-05-07T04:32:04 to 2003-05-07T08:08:57
The TRACE satellite views the Sun at ultraviolet wavelengths with high temporal (approximately 1-12 seconds) and spatial (1 arcsecond per pixel) resolution. Launched on April 2, 1998, it orbits the Earth in a Sun-synchronous orbit.
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This item is part of this series:
Mercury Transit 2003

Goddard TV Tape:
G2003-031

Keywords:
SVS >> Mercury
SVS >> SOHO
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Transit
SVS >> TRACE
NASA Science >> Sun
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons