Solar System Exploration: Solar System 101: Homework Helper

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The Swiftest Planet
Sun-scorched Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Like the Moon, Mercury has very little atmosphere to stop impacts, and it is covered with craters. Mercury's dayside is super-heated by the sun, but at night temperatures drop hundreds of degrees below freezing. Ice may even exist in craters. Mercury's egg-shaped orbit takes it around the sun every 88 days.

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Date	Title	Source
6 Apr 2006	Mercury's Formation Impact Splattered Earth with Material	Royal Astronomical Society
28 Feb 2006	Swift Mercury - Catch It If You Can	NASA/JPL-Caltech
24 Jun 2005	MESSENGER Sets Course for Earth Flyby	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
13 Dec 2004	Star Gazing	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
6 Dec 2004	MESSENGER Status	European Space Agency
18 Nov 2004	BepiColombo Payload	European Space Agency
18 Nov 2004	MESSENGER Update	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
10 Nov 2004	Deep Impact Update	Kennedy Space Center
4 Oct 2004	NASA Mourns Loss of Mercury 7 Astronaut	NASA Headquarters
24 Sep 2004	MESSENGER Maneuver	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
25 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Launch May Help Future Shuttle Flights	NASA Headquarters
24 Aug 2004	MESSENGER's Moves	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
10 Aug 2004	'In Great Shape'	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
6 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Status	Kennedy Space Center
3 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Launch	Kennedy Space Center
21 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Update	Kennedy Space Center
20 Jul 2004	Next Stop: Launch Pad	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
16 Jul 2004	Setting the 'Stage' for MESSENGER's Debut	Kennedy Space Center
15 Jul 2004	Sending a MESSENGER to Mercury	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
13 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Briefing	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
12 Jul 2004	Fill 'er Up!	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
12 Jul 2004	Messenger Media Opportunity Set for 7/14	KSC/JHUAPL
2 Jul 2004	MESSENGER On Deck	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
1 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Update	Kennedy Space Center
22 Jun 2004	MESSENGER Closing Out	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Displaying results 76-100 of 183

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Date	Title	Source
6 Apr 2006	Mercury's Formation Impact Splattered Earth with Material	Royal Astronomical Society
28 Feb 2006	Swift Mercury - Catch It If You Can	NASA/JPL-Caltech
24 Jun 2005	MESSENGER Sets Course for Earth Flyby	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
13 Dec 2004	Star Gazing	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
6 Dec 2004	MESSENGER Status	European Space Agency
18 Nov 2004	BepiColombo Payload	European Space Agency
18 Nov 2004	MESSENGER Update	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
10 Nov 2004	Deep Impact Update	Kennedy Space Center
4 Oct 2004	NASA Mourns Loss of Mercury 7 Astronaut	NASA Headquarters
24 Sep 2004	MESSENGER Maneuver	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
25 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Launch May Help Future Shuttle Flights	NASA Headquarters
24 Aug 2004	MESSENGER's Moves	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
10 Aug 2004	'In Great Shape'	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
6 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Status	Kennedy Space Center
3 Aug 2004	MESSENGER Launch	Kennedy Space Center
21 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Update	Kennedy Space Center
20 Jul 2004	Next Stop: Launch Pad	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
16 Jul 2004	Setting the 'Stage' for MESSENGER's Debut	Kennedy Space Center
15 Jul 2004	Sending a MESSENGER to Mercury	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
13 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Briefing	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
12 Jul 2004	Fill 'er Up!	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
12 Jul 2004	Messenger Media Opportunity Set for 7/14	KSC/JHUAPL
2 Jul 2004	MESSENGER On Deck	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
1 Jul 2004	MESSENGER Update	Kennedy Space Center
22 Jun 2004	MESSENGER Closing Out	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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