Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. In English, it is named after the ancient Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce and communication, and the messenger of the gods. Mercury is classified as a terrestrial planet, with roughly the same sur...
Introduction Mercury’s surface temperatures are both extremely hot and cold. Because the planet is so close to the Sun, day temperatures can reach highs of 800°F (430°C). Without an atmosphere to r...
A layer of diamonds was found beneath Mercury's surface. This could help scientists understand the planet's unusual magnetic field.
Learn about Mercury's internal structure, geology and surface, magnetosphere, and orbit Let's look at the internal structure, geology, and surface of Mercury, which is the closest and smallest plan...
Mercury · Earth · Ratio (Mercury/Earth) ; 0.33010 · 5.9722 · 0.0553
Ice is highly radar reflective and the radar reflections off ice tend to be highly depolarized, unlike typical silicate rock which comprises the bulk of Mercury's surface. While not as...
Request PDF | A heat flow and physical properties package for the surface of Mercury | European Space Agencies fifth cornerstone mission BepiColombo includes a ‘Surface Element’ to land a scientifi...
Measurements of surface reflectance of permanently shadowed areas near Mercury’s north pole reveal regions of anomalously dark and bright deposits at 1064-nanometer wavelength. These reflectance an...
A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury’s surface at about 8,750 mph and
The surface morphology and optical properties of Mercury resemble those of the moon in remarkable detail and record a very similar sequence of events. Chemical and mineralogical similarity of the o...