Selected new names for craters of Mercury

International Astronomical Union (International Astronomical Union, IAU) approved the names of the nine craters Mercury.

The choice of names was associated with the names of famous artists, writers, musicians, which is in accordance with the rules established for the geological structures IAU planet.

Three planets in a row

Currently seen the planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the morning sky before sunrise the third December is the three planets in a row.

Currently performing the three planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn a cosmic dance in the morning sky before sunrise. Thus stood Venus and Saturn very close together on 27th November, but clouds blocked unfortunately, the view of the planet parade.

If it is clear weather on Monday, the 3rd December, it will be possible to see Mercury, Venus and Saturn in a row with Mercury at the bottom, Venus and Saturn in the middle at the top.

Natural Satellite of Mercury

This discovery image affords the first evidence Mercury that naturally has a small satellite or moon. Observable as a small bright spot in an image taken yesterday by the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Wide Angle Camera (WAC), the moon is approximately 70 meters (230 feet) in diameter and orbits at a mean distance Mercury of 14.300 km (8.890 miles). A proposal to name the moon "Caduceus," Carried by the staff after the Roman god Mercury,

The outline of "Mickey Mouse" on Mercury

This is not any joke or false move. The U.S. space agency shared his Flickr account this unique picture with the title "Mickey Mouse found on Mercury". The photograph is from the surface of the planet from the sun and the silhouette resembles the popular character created by Disney Studios. NASA explained that the photograph was taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft and is the result of a whimsical combination of craters and shadows in the global south. "The shadow helps define the striking resemblance to" Mickey Mouse ", created by the longest accumulation of craters on the geologic history of Mercury," NASA said in describing the picture. Messenger is the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury and during their first year of mission took 88,746 images and other data sets.

Mercury

The second smallest planet Mercury in the Solar system following Pluto (no more Pluto creature a planet, Mercury become smaller) and also the least thick of the four rocky worlds close to the Sun are grouped in the classification of the planets land called by its composition. It follows through respect by Mariner 10, NASA; the center of Mercury was melted by the lava that flowed to the surface, in addition, Mariner found a weak magnetic field. To the knowledge acquired, it is believed that the magnetic fields remain even if the interior part is melted.

Mercury appears to be less mountainous than the Moon and Mars

According to an article published in the journal Science, Mercury appears to be less mountainous than the Moon and Mars and the bowels of the planet from the Sun, with deep reserves of iron sulfide, are very different from the others in our system. The publication includes two studies from the information sent by the spacecraft "Messenger" a year ago became the first artificial satellite of Mercury and has been making observations of the topography and gravitational field in the northern hemisphere .