The New Solar System, 3rd Edition, Beatty and Chaikin Eds. Stardust to Planets, Harry Y. McSween, Jr. ... The Planets" opus 32 by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) performed by Andr Previn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Telarc CD-80133 Many of these are available at The Nine Planets Bookstore . ... Calvin J. Hamilton , the author of Views of The Solar System , made many of the inline images I use here. ... Ken Edgett, the author of DSN Solar System Menu provided a few more inline images. ... Credits .. ...

Mariner 10 . ... Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner spacecraft series, and the first to use the gravitational pull of one planet ( Venus ) to reach another ( Mercury ). ... It measured 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) diagonally and 0.457 meters (1.5 feet) in depth. ... Views of Mariner 10 . ... Venus/Mercury Mission . ... Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. ...

... Plasma of Meteorite Impact and Prehistory of Life . ... This book offers a new concept of the possible genesis of primary forms of living matter and the mechanism of mirror symmetry breaking in the plasma processes that accompany a hypervelocity meteorite impact onto the Earth surface or the surface of any other planet. ... Author's foreword to the English edition . ... Plasma Processes in the Deep Impact Mission, Mechanisms of the Development of Circular Polarization and a Homochiralic Medium . ...