Mercury
By: Giles Sparrow
Series: Exploring the solar system
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781575723921
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: Color photos and diagrams fill this overview of Mercury, which describes its surface, how it was formed, its climate,Mercury myths, and the history of Mercury research. Also includes a glossary and further-reading list.
Table of contents: title: Where is Mercury?; title: First view; title: Getting closer; title: The view from orbit; title: Highlands and plains; title: Cliffhangers; title: Caloris basin; title: What's inside Mercury?; title: Clues from craters; title: How Mercury formed; title: A day on Mercury; title: Atmosphere and climate; title: Myths, legends, and early discoveries; title: The search for Vulcan; title: Later observations; title: Probes to Mercury; title: Could humans live there?.