IN AWE OF THE COSMOS
May 20, 2019
2 minutes
Interview by Alistair Hall
What’s significant about the transit of Mercury this year?
It occurs exactly 250 years after Captain Cook and his astronomer Charles Green saw a transit of Mercury in Mercury Bay in 1769 when Cook first visited New Zealand.
Why is that worth celebrating?
When I realised this year’s transit is happening on the 250th anniversary, I thought there has to be something we can do around
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