Mercury Transit in may 2016

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Mercury Transit in may 2016

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This is not as rare as a Venus transit, but nonetheless, not something you see every year as there are about 10 per century.

http://www.space.com/32476-mercury-tran ... event.html
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As some here has demonstrated, it's just an airplane trip away !
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