Europlanet Mercury Transit Live Hangout
Sri Lanka Astronomical Association12 April 2016 to 13 April 2016
Time: 23:30 until 00:00
On Monday, 2016 May 09, Mercury will transit the Sun for the first time since 2006. The transit or passage of a planet across the face of the Sun is a relatively rare occurrence. As seen from Earth, only transits of Mercury and Venus are possible. There are approximately 13 transits of Mercury each century. In comparison, transits of Venus occur in pairs with more than a century separating each pair.
To celebrate this astronomical phenomena Europlanet will be organising two Google Hangouts on Air in collaboration with OeWF. David Rothery (Open University) and Gernot Groemer (OeWF) will be hosts of the hangouts.
