Mercury transit of the Sun
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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.
Duration: 14.0 seconds
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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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| Animation Number: | 2735 |
| Animator: | Tom Bridgman (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2003-05-07 |
| Scientist: | Neal Hurlburt (LMSAL) |
| Instrument: | TRACE |
| Data Collected: | 2003-05-07T04:32:04 to 2003-05-07T08:08:57 |
| Series: | Mercury Transit 2003 |
| Video: | SVS2003-0014 * |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G2003-031 |
Keywords:
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>> Mercury
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>> Space science
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>> Sun
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>> Transit
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Sam Freeland (LMSAL), Dawn Myers (GSFC), Carolus J. Schrijver (LMSAL) |
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