On Monday, 2016 May 09, Mercury will transit the Sun for the first time since 2006. The transit or passage of a planet across the face of the Sun is a relatively rare occurrence. As seen from Earth, only transits of Mercury and Venus are possible. There are approximately 13 transits of Mercury each century. In comparison, transits of Venus occur in pairs with more than a century separating each pair. To celebrate this astronomical phenomena, Europlanet invites you to join Google Hangouts on Air with the following panel of experts:

Moderator: Gernot Groemer (OeWF) Host: David Rothery (Open University) Guest: Valentina Galluzzi (INAF) / Johannes Benkhoff (ESA) Jane MacArthur (Uni of Leicester)

Learn more about #MercuryTransit : http://www.europlanet-eu.org/transit-of-mercury/

Share your Mercury transit experience with a selfie using the hashtag: #MercuryTransitSelfie

Europlanet 2020 RI has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654208