Mercury is one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system. So check out these 5 facts and blow you mind! **REMEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MUCH MORE TO COME** FʘLLʘW THE VENDOR 101 Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVendor101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+TheVendor101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitter - https://twitter.com/thevendor101 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vendor-101/662083050479571 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Script - Mercury has no moons or rings- This makes it very different from just about every other planet in our Solar System, with the exception of Venus, which also has no natural satilettes. In the early 1970s, astronomers thought that it might of had a moon. Instruments on board NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft detected large amounts of ultraviolet radiation that some astronomers thought was radiation coming from a celestrial body orbiting mercury. It was later discoved that what was detected was actually a distant star, leavely mercruy a loney planet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercury has water ice on its surface- The idea of water ice being discovered on Mercurys surface may sound surprisings, given that it is the closet planet to the sun. But it has been detected using Earth-based radar imaging and confirmed by NASAs Messenger space craft.The only locations on the surface where this is possible seems to be near the poles, where the floors of some craters might be deep enough to permanently shade the ice. Scientists beleive that the ice got there either by meteorite bombardment or planetary outgassing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercury has more craters and impact marks than any other planet- Mercury is very similar to the Moon, in that it is covered in deep crators that scare its surface. Unlike most planets it isn’t geologically active and does not have much of an atmosphere. This means that craters can be preserved though time without being errodded away like most of the old craters on earth. The largest crater or Basin on Mercury, is the Caloris Basin, which is around 960 miles in diameter and was discovered by NASAs Mariner 10. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercury Owns the biggest man made crater in space- In 2014 NASAs messenger probe ran out of fuel after orbiting Mercury for around 4 years. Becuase the probe could no longer correct its course, NASA used the crafts last reserves of helium gas coolant to steer the Messenger out of orbit and on a collision course with Mercury's surface. It began to get closer to the planet and rapidly pick up speed.Eventually in april 2015 the the messenger probe smashed in to the surface of Mercury at a speed of 8750mph, creating a 50ft wide crater. This explosive Scar is the biggest man made crator anywhere in the universe,thats not on Earth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercury is the least explored planet- As 2015 Mercury is the least explored inner planet within our solar system.So far only the Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions have been sent to make close observations of the planet. In 1973, Mariner 10 was launched by NASA to make multiple flyby encounters of Venus and Mercury. Mariner 10 provided the first detailed data of Mercury, mapping 40-45% of the surface.Then more than 30 years later the messenger space craft was sent, its instruments yielded significant data, including a characterization of Mercury's magnetic field and the confirmation of water ice at the planet's north pole plus much more. The next mission to Mercury will be launched in 2017 and is consisting of two satelites, each desineged for a distinct purpose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attribution- ESO - Planetary Footage Nasa - Mercury Pictures Mercury transiting Sun - Footage Wonderland Music - "Hurry Up" by Incomptech Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

• published: 20 Oct 2015
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