On May 7th, 2003 Mercury made a transit over the solar disc. First contact happened at 05:12:56 GMT (Universal Time), and last contact at 10:31:46 GMT. The greatest point happened at 07:52:23 GMT, for reference see the drawing below (Nasa bulletin).
Solar disk on May 7th, 2003. |
This photo is the same as the one above except for the transit grid. |
Closer view of Mercury, |