Mercury Transit of the Sun - November 8, 2006

Video capture of the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun today during our live Webcast of this rare event - www.astrochannels.com

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[cazle6]

why do they even call mercury a planet?????? its smaller than some of jupiter and saturns moons!

[jmagus1]

Because it orbits the Sun, and not a planet, but I certainly get your drift!

[aronchas]

what is the name of the song? it is cool

[jmagus1]

"Center of the Sun" by Conjure One. It's sung by Poe. The remix done by Solar Stone is even better. The whole song's pretty amazing.

[Plpoo]

Mercury isnt moving the sun does.

[jmagus1]

So, Plpoo, you don't think Mercury orbits the Sun?

[SomeoneCommenting]

I don't know much about astronomy, but isn't this supposed to be a common thing being Mercury so close to the Sun and rotating so fast around it, or is it that its plane is so inclined that it is really rare for Earth and Mercury to coincide for us to see it?

[dacypher22]

@cazle6

There are plenty of moons in our solar system that would be considered planets if they were not orbiting another planet. No matter the size, if it orbits another planet, it is a moon. Mercury fits all of the criteria to be a planet, even if its size is rather close.

[jdaliix]

Thanks for the kudos.

[MonkeyFunkR]

not nearly as dramatic as the scene from Sunshine. :p (lol)

[FieryPhoenix7]

That's definitely one of the best videos I've seen on YouTube. Many thanks!

[aronchas]

thank you for the info. 5 stars