Moore on Mercury The Planet and the Missions /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Moore, Patrick (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Mercury is one of the more difficult objects for amateur astronomers to observe because of its close proximity to the Sun. For the same reason, it is also one of the most fascinating and strange planets. Mercury is not much larger that our Moon, but orbits the Sun at an average distance of only 58 m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Lift-off
• Elusive Planet
• “Messenger of the Gods”
• Mercury in the Solar System
• Crossing the Sun
• Ghost Planet
• Through the Telescope
• Mapping Mercury
• Mariner 10
• Cratered World
• Around Mercury
• Return to Mercury
• Life on Mercury?
• A Trip to Mercury
• Mercurian Base.