- Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mercury
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/mercury.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Mariner 10 Spacecraft
Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/m10.htm
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- Mercury - StarDate
Mercury is often visible near the rising or setting Sun as the morning or evening star.
Mercury completes three full turns on its axis for every two orbits around the Sun.
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/mercury.html
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- Mercury - The Nine Planets
The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/mercury.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Mercury Fact Sheet
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Mercury Unveiled
Mercury Unveiled takes a new look at the Mariner 10 data. New analysis of data returned by the Mariner 10 mission in 1974 and 1975 reveals a surface with lava flows and deposits from explosive volcanic eruptions, variations in composition across its surface and into its crust, and a different chemical composition from the other inner planets.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Jan97/MercuryUnveiled.html
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- Mercury's Odd Rotation
Although Mercury is not tidally locked to the Sun, its rotational period is tidally coupled to its orbital period. Mercury rotates one and a half times during each orbit. Because of this 3:2 resonance, a day on Mercury (sun rise to sun rise) is 176 Earth days long.
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mercury.htm
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- The Surface and Interior of Mercury
Speaking loosely, we may characterize Mercury as being much like the Earth on the inside and much like the Moon on the outside. However, the analogies cannot be pushed too far. For example, the detailed early history of the surface was probably different for Mercury than for the Moon.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mercury/surface.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
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