Download or read book Planet Mercury written by David A. Rothery and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and detailed picture of Mercury is emerging thanks to NASA’s MESSENGER mission that spent four years in orbit about the Sun’s innermost planet. Comprehensively illustrated by close-up images and other data, the author describes Mercury’s landscapes from a geological perspective: from sublimation hollows, to volcanic vents, to lava plains, to giant thrust faults. He considers what its giant core, internal structure and weird composition have to tell us about the formation and evolution of a planet so close to the Sun. This is of special significance in view of the discovery of so many exoplanets in similarly close orbits about their stars. Mercury generates its own magnetic field, like the Earth (but unlike Venus, Mars and the Moon), and the interplay between Mercury’s and the Sun’s magnetic field affects many processes on its surface and in the rich and diverse exosphere of neutral and charged particles surrounding the planet. There is much about Mercury that we still don’t understand. Accessible to the amateur, but also a handy state-of-the-art digest for students and researchers, the book shows how our knowledge of Mercury developed over the past century of ground-based, fly-by and orbital observations, and looks ahead at the mysteries remaining for future missions to explore.
Download or read book Planet Mercury written by Ann Squire and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have long been fascinated by space exploration, from the earliest NASA probes to the latest journeys toward the distant edges of the solar system. Readers will learn about the discovery of new stars and planets, the ways celestial bodies are formed, and much more. Features: Engaging sidebars highlight important space discoveries Timelines illustrate the ways our knowledge of space has changed over time Glossaries explain difficult scientific terms in a way that makes them easy to understand Eye-catching images give readers an up-close look at the far reaches of space www.factsfornow.scholastic.com
Download or read book Mercury written by Jody S. Rake and published by Pebble. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The smallest planet in our solar system is also the closest to the sun. That means on Mercury, one year is just 88 days long! Discover more facts about the small but mighty Mercury.
Download or read book Mercury written by Faith Vilas and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At its best in synthesizing [current available] information to derive theories about the geological and tectonic histories of the planet ."—Science Books & Films "This book is another in the excellent University of Arizona Space Science Series, each of which is based on a conference. . . .but goes far beyond a conference proceedings to present a comprehensive summary of current knowledge. . . .I recommend this book as a valuable compendium of current knowledge."—Pageoph "This collection will be a most valuable addition to any research library."—Choice
Download or read book Mercury written by Steven L. Kipp and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the orbit, surface features, exploration, and other aspects of the planet Mercury.
Download or read book Mercury written by Gregory Vogt and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn basic facts about the planet Mercury and its place in the solar system.
Download or read book Mercury written by Derek Zobel and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The planet Mercury has highs around 800 °F and lows around -280 °F. Students will learn about Mercury¿s discovery, physical characteristics, and the environment that supports these extreme temperatures.
Download or read book Nearest to the Sun written by Nancy Loewen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercury is the smallest planet, but it has the biggest craters, the biggest temperature swings, and the biggest sunrises in the solar system. Explore the planet's many wonders in this book about Mercury.
Download or read book Discover Mercury written by Georgia Beth and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will explore Mercury and learn what scientists hope to discover about it in the future. Engaging text discussing up-to-date scientific information paired with photos from NASA create an engaging learning experience.
Download or read book Mercury written by William Sheehan and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relatively minute) orb. The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out basic data such as its rotation period, the inclination of its axis, and whether or not it possessed an atmosphere. In this fully up-to-date and beautifully illustrated account, William Sheehan describes the growth of our knowledge of planet Mercury. From the puzzles it posed for early astronomers to radar studies in the 1960s, and from the first spacecraft fly-bys by the Mariner 10 probe in the 1970s to the latest images from the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) orbital mission between 2011 and 2015, Mercury has slowly been brought into clear focus. But although we have now mapped its surface in exquisite detail, revealing strange features like volcanic plains and water-ice deposits in craters near the poles, mysteries remain—such as why its core has the highest iron content of any body of the Solar System. Rather than growing duller on closer acquaintance, this most mercurial of planets continues to fascinate us, offering important clues to scientists as they seek to better understand the origin and evolution of the Earth.
Download or read book Exploring Mercury written by Robert G. Strom and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-07-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strom: Mercury How did Mercury get such an enormous iron core? Why is its tectonic framework so different from any other planet or satellite? What is its crystal composition? Why is the crust so depleted in iron when the interior is so rich in that element? What are the polar deposits? Where do the elements in the exosphere come from? Mercury is a planet shrouded in mystery. Only 45 percent of its surface has been seen in any detail, and that was from the Mariner 10 flyby in 1974. Yet what is known only makes the planet more fascinating. New Earth-based observations have shed light on surface and exosphere compositions, and re-evaluations of the Mariner 10 data, using modern image processing techniques, show evidence for volcanic flow fronts, pyroclastics and other volcanic phenomena not seen before. This ground-breaking book not only chronicles what has been discovered, but looks ahead to what has yet to emerge. An accompanying CD contains all the best Mariner 10 images, including the data for each image, photomosaics and maps.
Download or read book Mercury written by Adele Richardson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Mercury has a crater 810 miles (1,300 kilometers) wide? Or that that the planet's ridges and cliffs formed when its core cooled and shrank millions of years ago? Look inside to learn more about Mercury and its place in the solar system.
Download or read book Mercury written by Lincoln James and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents general information about the planet Mercury, including its place in the solar system, what its surface is like, and what it is made of.
Download or read book Dynamic Planet written by Pamela Elizabeth Clark and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book views Mercury as a whole in the context of its environment. It illustrates what we know and what we need to know, and why understanding Mercury is so crucial to our understanding of solar system origin and current processes on Earth. The book describes our current state of knowledge for Mercury and interactions between interior, exterior, and space environment which are highly dynamic and thus critical to understanding Mercury as a system.
Download or read book Planet Mercury written by Ann Squire and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because it is closer to the sun than any other planet in the solar system, the surface of Mercury is extremely hot. Readers will discover what it is like on the surface of this small planet. They will also find out how the planet was discovered, what it is made of, and how scientists are working to learn more about it today.
Download or read book Mercury written by Carlo P. Croce and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Because of this, scientists are not able to point telescopes toward it, making Mercury particularly difficult to study. However, new missions to Mercury are planned over the next seven years, which are expected to reveal information about the planets geology, density, core, composition, and magnetic field. This book provides descriptions of these future missions as well as the most current information available today. This revision of Mercury includes the most up-to-date information on and about the planet. References no longer refer to Pluto as a planet. Also includes timeline and updated back matter.
Download or read book Mercury written by Robin Birch and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Gig is Mercury? What is it made from? How far is Mercury from the Sun? How many Earth days does it take Mercury to orbit the Sun once? What is it really like on Mercury? What are day and night like on Mercury? What future missions are planned to explore Mercury? Find answers to these questions and discover more about Mercury and the fascinating world of the solar system in this series covering each of the eight planets, dwarf planets, the Sun, Moon, and stars. Book jacket.
