Mercury and Venus are known as the two what?
Transit of Mercury Transit of Mercury A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Mercury appears as a tiny black dot moving across the disk of the Sun. Transits of Mercury with respect to Earth are much more frequent than transits of Venus, with about 13 or 14 per century, in part because Mercury is closer to the Sun and orbits it more rapidly. Transits of Mercury occur in May or November. The
Venus with Mercury and Cupid the future 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. In 1834 Londonderry sold it to the National Gallery in London, where it now hangs. At least four early copies of the painting are known: At least two versions, those at Sibiu and Chenonceau, are still exhibited as authentic works by Correggio. Venus with Mercury and Cupid Venus with Mercury and Cupid, The School of Love or The Education of Cupid is a c. 1525 painting by the Italian painter Correggio, now in the National Gallery. for it survives in the British Museum. "Venus and Cupid with a Satyr" (now in the Louvre) seems