Mercury in Transit

By Shanil Virani

Published April 29, 2016 at 5:00 AM EDT

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NASA

On this episode of Our Island Universe: Learn how we managed to accurately measure the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Shanil Virani, Director of the John C. Wells Planetarium Harrisonburg, VA.

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