... the third largest in the solar system, and is about the same size as Mercury ... This is probably due to the icy nature of its surface. ... crust, causing water to spread over the surface and forming bright rays and rings ...
... As it travels out toward the surface, the energy is continuously absorbed and re-emitted at lower and lower temperatures so that by the time it reaches the surface, it is primarily visible light. ...
... If we negate the air resistance, and the fence, and really give the ball a heave we will be able to throw the ball so far that as it arcs towards the surface, the surface arcs out of its way. ...
... C allisto is only slightly smaller than Mercury but only a third of its mass. ... C allisto's surface is covered entirely with craters. ... The surface is very old , like the highlands of the Moon and Mars . ...
... Planetary Fourier spectrometer: Venus atmospheric probing from the surface up to 100 km" . 3. D. V. Titov , Yu. Nikolskiy . ... 1. Ksanfomaliti L.V. (IKI) . "Progress in Mercury Research " . 2. Greetings . January 24 . ...
... It is larger in diameter than Mercury but only about half its mass. ... of water or water ice with an ice surface (and that Titan and Triton were similar ... G anymede's surface is a roughly equal mix of two types of terrain: very old ...
... Solar System known to have magnetic fields are Mercury, Earth and possibly Jupiter's ... softened or modified by downslope movement of debris, revealing ice-rich surfaces ... to Europa, the moon thought to harbor a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface ...
... Most bodies in the solar system with a visible solid surface exhibit craters. ... On bodies with no atmosphere, such as Mercury or the Moon , craters are everywhere. ...