... At the surface, the atmospheric pressure is 92 times that of the Earth's at sea ... Venus is scorched with a surface temperature of about 482њ C (900њ F). ... Sunlight passes through the atmosphere to heat the surface of the planet. ...
... they also scanned the inner planets other than Earth -- Mercury , Venus and Mars ... Mariner 10 spacecraft sent to Venus and Mercury used components left over from the ...
... moons around Uranus revealed complex surfaces indicative of varying geologic pasts ... Their surfaces, almost uniformly dark gray in color, display varying degrees of ... Very ancient, heavily cratered surfaces are apparent on some of the moons, while ...
... a wide range of degradation on different planets, so they are useful indicators of resurfacing and modification of surfaces ... that occurred after this resurfacing event, and there has been very little volcanic and other resurfacing since that time ...
... with a moon of Jupiter will occur June 27, when the spacecraft will pass about 530 miles above the surface of Ganymede ... Larger than Mercury, Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System. ...
... Voyager 1's close approach and diametric radio occultation show Titan's surface diameter is only 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles ... Both are larger than Mercury. ...
... Summaries and for his excellent work in providing the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal ... Carr M. H. The Surface of Mars . Yale University Press, New Haven, 1981. ... Simon, Seymour. Mercury . New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1992. ...