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Did simultaneous transits of Mercury and Venus actually last occur in 373,173 BC?
According to the Wikipedia article for Transit of Venus, the last time a transit of Mercury and a transit of Venus occurred at the same time was 22 September of 373,173 BC. This is a Featured Article ...
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Are there ever any simultaneous transits of both Mercury and Venus as seen from the Earth?
Transits of Mercury happen fairly frequently due to its short period, but transits of Venus are less frequent. I've looked over the data available to me and found that there have been transits of ...