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Mercury attains an inferior conjunction (nearest approach to Earth) every 116 Earth days on average, [4] but this interval can range from 105 days to 129 days due to the planet's eccentric orbit. Mercury can come as near as 82,200,000 km (0.549 astronomical units; 51.1 million miles) to Earth, and that is slowly declining: The next approach to ...
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above ...
While Mercury will briefly join Saturn later in February in the post-sunset glow, both planets will be too low and faint for most observers to spot. One other planetary lineup to see in 2025
Here's how, where, and when to see the planets line up — including a bonus appearance from Mercury. The planets are lining up , forming a rare and special parade across the night sky in January ...
An animation explaining why the planet Mercury may appear to move "backwards", or retrograde across Earth's sky. Apparent retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system, as observed from a particular vantage point.
In the year 2029, the spacecraft Nautilus is getting prepared to land on the planet Mercury. On board is Commander Marshall Donnington, Pilot Lee Tahon, and Flight Engineer Victoria Preston. However, during their orbital insertion, a sudden and unpredicted solar flare erupts from the sun and hits Mercury and starts to magnetize and tear the ...
The ray system of Debussy is the second most prominent on Mercury after that of Hokusai. [3] Debussy is the only named feature within the plain of Turms Planitia. [4] This crater is a prominent feature in the first photograph taken from Mercury orbit, taken on March 29, 2011 by the MESSENGER spacecraft, pictured below.
Caravaggio is an example of a Peak ring impact basin on Mercury. Several areas on Mercury are extremely dark, such as a small crater within Hemingway crater in the lower right. The geology of Mercury is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mercury. It emphasizes the composition, structure, history, and physical ...