Easily visible it is, but with a powerful viewer to see Monday how Mercury moves as a black dot on the sun. The rare phenomenon begins at 13:12 pm and lasts until 20:41 at night.
Mercury is the small planet of our solar system, with a diameter of only 4878 kilometers. It is so small that experts say you need a viewer Monday magnified fifty times. Then there is also the weather to cooperate so that the view is clear. The distance from the sun of Mercury varies between 46 and 70 million kilometers. The earth is about 150 million kilometers from the Sun and has a diameter of almost 13,000 kilometers.
The phenomenon that the mini planet slides past the sun, it is much rarer than solar and lunar eclipses. In this century, Mercury moves no more than fourteen times over the sun. Who Monday can not see, have to wait until 2019. Solar and lunar eclipses can occur up to seven times a year.
Directly to the sun, however, look at the eclipse is unwise, since it considerable damage vision may be incurred. Various special glasses, such as welding goggles or an eclipse glasses can protect against this.
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