Mercury

Mercury

by Sheehan, William

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"The Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relatively minute) orb. The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out basic data such as its rotation period, the inclination of its axis, and whether or not it posses…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Mercury / William Sheehan.

Summary

"The Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relatively minute) orb. The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out basic data such as its rotation period, the inclination of its axis, and whether or not it possessed an atmosphere."--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Reaktion Books Ltd
  • Place of Publication:London, UK
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

  • Description:183 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781789140125, 1789140129
  • oclc:on1077773455
  • LC Classification:QB611
  • Dewey Decimal:523.41

Table of Contents

The scintillating one -- Motions of Mercury -- Through the telescope -- Rotation -- Mercury up close -- Vulcan -- Appendix I : Glossary -- Appendix II : Basic data -- Appendix III : Craters.

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Subjects

Mercure (planète) Mercury (Planet) Nonfiction POPULAR SCIENCE Popular Science and Mathematics SCIENCE -- Astronomy

Writers

Sheehan, William

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