Mercury Transit With Jets 11-8-2006

Mercury crosses the face of the Sun only a handful of times every century. This rare video captures Mercury being followed by a couple of Jets also crossing the face of the sun. Shot in Minnesota by Brett Ohnstad and Ben Huset

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[Alapozo]

"Mercury crosses the face of the Sun only a handful of times every century"

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

[Brettkjell]

Transits of Mercury with respect to Earth occur about 13 or 14 times per century Sounds like a handful each century to me. Venus transits even less with about 2 per century.

[AJ06]

The jet flying in the visual path of the sun, that was awesome! :)

[lukefair]

Stunning video. Thanks!

[propaghandi2]

i wanted to add!, geez man this mercury , seems really small with our star in the back! It must be boiling there! :o)

[propaghandi2]

This is the most amazing sun video i saw through a telescope! Awsome work!

[Alapozo]

Yeah, you're right

The circumstances to not re-occur each year because Earth and mercury are on orbits that are tilted with respect to each other

[picassolama]

Very nice video! I know we're astronomers, and science is the goal, but perhaps a little music during the show would be a nice addition :-) The jets were cool.

[lrn2wlk4life]

ufo at 2:47 is kinda neat

[janiebellemcknight]

Great video! Good job.