... Explanation: Mercury's surface looks similar to our Moon's. Each is heavily cratered and made of rock. ... Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun , orbiting at about 1/3 the radius of the Earth's orbit . ... A new mission, Messenger, launched for Mercury last month and is scheduled to enter orbit around the Solar System's innermost planet in in 2011. APOD: 2003 April 12 - Mercury on the Horizon . ... Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth's sky . ...

Mosiac of photos of Mercury taken from Mariner 10 in 1974 110k gif ; 2000k gif ; 187k jpg . ... recently reprocessed mosaic 132k gif ( caption ) . Mariner 10 mosaic 488k gif . another Mariner 10 mosaic 690k gif . another mosaic 24k jpg . ... Caloris Basin 319k gif ; 238k jpg ; 292k gif ; 3000k gif ; 108k jpg . ... Southwest Mercury 31k jpg ; 1000k gif ; 488k gif . Hills of Mercury 127k jpg ; 185k gif ; 614k gif . ... Degas, a rayed crater (Mariner 10) 439k gif ( caption ) . ...

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Observers in Northern Ireland will have an opportunity, weather permitting, to observe a relatively rare astronomical event on Wednesday, 7th May, when a transit of Mercury will take place. ... We will have to wait until 9 May 2016 for another opportunity to see Mercury passing in front of the Sun's disc from Europe. ... Mercury passes closest to the Sun's centre at 8:52a.m. at which time it will be at a distance of about one-third the solar diameter from the Sun's centre. ...

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... Rembrandt Impact Basin on Mercury . ... Credit: NASA / JHU APS / ASU / CIW ; Courtesy Science / AAAS Explanation: Why do portions of this huge crater on Mercury have so much iron? The unusual Rembrandt impact basin was discovered recently in images taken during the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft 's 2008 October flyby of the Solar System 's innermost planet. ... Close inspection of the above image will reveal rings of Mercury's Rembrandt impact basin circling around the image center. ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Astronomy . ... Planetary Radar . Mercury . ... One of the major recent successes in the field of planetary radar astronomy was the discovery and mapping of deposits of volatiles on the shadowed floors of impact craters at the poles of Mercury. ... The figure shows the most recent Arecibo 12.6 cm wavelength radar image of the north polar region of Mercury made at a resolution of 1.5 km by J. Harmon (NAIC), P.Perrilat (NAIC) and M. Slade (JPL). ...

. Как известно, в период полетов американских космических кораблей типа 'Меркурий' нашивок с эмблемой полета еще не существовало. Первый такой 'пэтч' появился у экипажа корабля 'Джемини-5'. Однако первые в американской пилотируемой космонавтике эмблемы появились уже на первом корабле, совершившем орбитальный полет - на его обшивке. Mercury MA-6 . 20.02.1962 . Mercury MA-7 . 24.05.1962 . Mercury MA-8 . 03.10.1962 . Mercury MA-9 . 15.05.1963 . Назад . Энциклопедия .

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... Телескопы . ... Планеты . ... Зарисовки Меркурия через телескоп, карта Меркурия . Карта Меркурия составленная Ловеллом . Карта Меркурия составленная Антониади . В конце XIX в. астрономы даже пытались зарисовать темные и светлые детали, на-блюдаемые на поверхности Меркурия. ... Зонд трижды сближался с Меркурием и передавал телевизионные изображения освещенных участков его поверхности. ... Равнинам даны названия планеты Меркурий на разных языках: например, равнина Собкоу или равнина Один. ...

. Computer Ephemeris for 2014 from DE200/LE200. Mercury path.

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Mercury - is the nearest to the Sun. Ellusive planet. ... They had several names for this star: Set and Gor (ant. ... The same surface spot with many craters, some of which has the systems of light beams only dark spots, like the Moon seas were considerably less. ... Further was the period of intensive bombing Mercury by the remains of before planet’s swarm (planetozimalies), when the ponds were founded for example Colories (diameter - 1300km) as well as craters like Copernic crater in the Moon. ...

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меркурий . ... Меркурий - самая маленькая планета земной группы и ближайшая к Солнцу.На небосклоне Меркурий не отходит далеко от него - максимум на 29њ.Виден он либо перед восходом Солнца (утренняя видимость), либо после захода (вечерняя видимость) и только вблизи элонгаций (максимальных угловых удалений от Солнца). ... В возрасте 4-х и 5-ти месяцев Коперник пропускает еще два периода видимости Меркурия, и.т.д - в первый год жизни Коперника (в Польше) Меркурий не сильно прятался. ...

Меркурий . Хотя эта маленькая планета расположена близко к Солнцу и подвергается воздействию эсктремальных температур, она хорошо сохранила черты ландшафта времен формирования планет - примерно 4,5 млрд. лет назад. ... Другое (и, видимо, последнее) отличие: на Меркурии встречаются уступы (эскарпы) длиной в сотни километров и высотой до 1-2 км, вытянутые по меридианам. ... Меркурий совершает полтора оборота вокруг своей оси за свой собственный год (т.е. за орбитальный период). ...