2003 Transit of Mercury

angkor writes "It is happening today (all day in Asia)! NASA's SOHO page, Fred Espenak's 'Transit of Mercury' site, and live webcasts of the transit. You'll want to use the webcast, in spite of advice from our hometown paper, the Bangkok Post, which reported 'those interested in viewing it directly were advised to watch through black tinted glasses.'"

Comments

What Black Tinted Glasses Won't Work?

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess I can sell them and buy a gas mask for Uranus!

Sorry, that was for the Hrub Dawg!

Nasa SOHO site was already slow

[xyote]

long before this got posted. So slashdot really can't take credit for slashdotting this one.

Mercury Transit?

[Tukla]

Don't tell me they're on strike. I have to get to work!

What if we are in transit?

[Stealthey]

Just wondering, like another poster commented as to what significance does this have? What would happen, lets say if first 5 planets are in transit? a) is it possible? b) has it happened before? c) I'd speculate, cause first 5 planets are in straight line with sun, there'd have to be some gravitational interaction between all these celestial bodies, could this be enough to lets say pluck jupiter's moon into its own orbit, or if conditions are right, what if one of Mar's moons get tugged into its own orbit, and we end with 10 planets...I don't even wanna think about Earth's moon...