Simultaneous transits of Venus and Mercury?

"Sam Wormley" wrote in message
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Florian wrote:

Is it possible for Venus and Mercury to be transiting the sun at the
same
time?

How about a Venus/Mercury transit during a solar eclipse? Now that's got
to be rare.

;-)

-Florian

During a rainstorm! :-(

I should think the rainstorm woud somehow actually _increase_ the odds of
the double transit. At least during the thickest cloud cover.

Jim