... 2013 March 1 . Colors of Mercury . Image Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington . ... planet are enhanced in this tantalizing view , based on global image data from the Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft ...
... 2003 May 13 . Mercury Transits the Sun . Credit Copyright: Thierry Legault . Explanation: How big is the Sun? ... Last week a chance to gain visual size perspective occurred when planet Mercury made a rare crossing in front to Sun. ...
... 2000 March 20 . Mercury on the Horizon . Credit: Juan Carlos Casado . Explanation: Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? ... 2000 March 20 . Mercury on the Horizon . Credit: Juan Carlos Casado . Explanation: Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? ...
... 2008 May 9 . Moon Meets Mercury . Credit Copyright : P-M Hed n ( Clear Skies , TWAN ) . ... The view features a slender crescent Moon and bright planet Mercury separated on the sky by only about 2 degrees . ...
... 2008 January 12 . Mercury Chases the Sunset . Image Credit Copyright : Doug Zubenel . ... close to the Sun in Earth's sky is innermost planet Mercury , seen here below and right of center against the bright orange ...
... The only spacecraft to explore Mercury close-up was Mariner 10 which executed 3 flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, surveying approximately 45 percent of its surface. ...
... November 19, 1999 . Mercury And The Sun . Credit: Brian Handy ( Montana State Univ. ), TRACE Project . ... shower , skywatchers were offered another astronomical treat as planet Mercury crossed the face of the Sun on November 15 ...
... December 8, 1996 . Degas Ray Crater on Mercury . Credit: Mariner 10 Project NASA , . ... Explanation : Like the Earth's Moon, Mercury is scarred with craters, testifying to an intense bombardment during the early ...
... 2009 February 26 . Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars . Credit Copyright : Mike Salway . ... Along with the waning crescent Moon , the picture captures (top to bottom) bright Mercury , Jupiter , and Mars . ...