Tag: Mercury
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, November 13 – 22
Jupiter and Mars creep through their pre-dawn conjunction this week. Far lower left of them, Venus and Mercury rise to shine in early dawn. The post This Week’s Sky at a Glance, November 13 – 22 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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The Sky Today on Sunday, October 25: Dione crosses Saturn
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 24: Mercury stands still Saturn’s small moon Dione transits the disk this evening at 8:43 p.m. EDT, best seen from the eastern half of the U.S. However, the transit itself will be difficult to watch visually no matter your location, andContinue…
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Oct. 20, 2018: BepiColombo launches
BepiColombo, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched Oct. 20, 2018. The spacecraft is actually two satellites in one, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), commissioned with investigating one of the least-visited planets in our solar system. To reach its final position,Continue…
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Celebrating BepiColombo, three words at a time
Video: 00:03:32 BepiColombo launched on 20 October 2018. This year, the anniversary is special. After eight years of travelling through the inner Solar System, the ESA/JAXA mission will arrive at Mercury on 9 December, 2026. To celebrate, mission team members were asked to describe BepiColombo in just three words.Their answers capture the character of the mission…
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Enigmatic Mercury Will Remain A Puzzle Until Someone Sends A Lander
Despite the upcoming Bepi Colombo visit to Mercury, we need a lander mission to fully understand our solar system’s innermost planet.
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The Sky Today on Tuesday, October 13: Vesta at opposition
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 12: Mercury at greatest elongation Asteroid 4 Vesta reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EDT. Shining at magnitude 6.5, it’s an easy catch, even under somewhat light-polluted skies. While at opposition, objects are visible all night long. The best time to observeContinue…
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Win a trip to ESA to witness BepiColombo arrive at Mercury
Get ready to celebrate BepiColombo’s arrival at Mercury. Craft a welcoming message that could be a drawing, song, poem or any other art form and stand a chance to win a trip to mission control! ENTRY FORM Full rules and how to enter below.