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Mercury 3°27' south of Saturn 25.4° East September 20, 2009 12:26:59 Mercury 5°24' south of Saturn 3° West October 8, 2009 09:19:27 Mercury 19' south of Saturn 17.6° West October 13, 2009 15:39:41 Venus: 34' south of Saturn: 22.1° West December 20, 2009 05:35:39 Jupiter 34' south of Neptune 55.6° East
The transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016. Mercury is visible to the lower left of center. A sun spot is visible above center. Mercury transiting the Sun as viewed by the rover Curiosity on Mars (June 3, 2014). [1] A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet.
Over the period 4–6 February 1962, in a rare series of events, Mercury and Venus reached conjunction as observed from the Earth, followed by Venus and Jupiter, then by Mars and Saturn. Conjunctions took place between the Moon and, in turn, Mars, Saturn, the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Mercury also reached inferior conjunction with the Sun.
The transit method can be used to discover exoplanets. As a planet eclipses/transits its host star it will block a portion of the light from the star. If the planet transits in-between the star and the observer the change in light can be measured to construct a light curve. Light curves are measured with a charge-coupled device. The light curve ...
Here's ev-er-y-thing you need to know about understanding the North and South Nodes in your astrological birth chart.
2025 will be full of new beginnings, change, and lots of astrological transits. Ahead, an astrologer shares her month-by-month breakdown of major zodiac events. Just In: Your Official Astrological ...
In astronomy, planetary transits and occultations occur when a planet passes in front of another object, as seen by an observer.The occulted object may be a distant star, but in rare cases it may be another planet, in which case the event is called a mutual planetary occultation or mutual planetary transit, depending on the relative apparent diameters of the objects.
The North and South Nodes, also known as the Lunar nodes, are points in the astrological chart that reveal your patterning, path and purpose. You might’ve seen these cosmic points described as ...