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Mercury Transit Timing

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Edmond Halley1677

Saint Helena · Science / Astronomy

Halley's Mercury transit observations strengthen interest in using accurately timed planetary transits to refine measurements of the Solar System.

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Edmond Halley

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