Scientists Successfully Reveals Secrets of Mercury

Data from the United States space program (U.S.) Messenger mission to provide much information about the Mercury. The origin of this planet. What is it?

According to NASA officials, this week, Messenger completed the first part of the same orbit perihelion solar superior conjunctions of the orbit and first orbit correction maneuver.

"This achievement provides an important context of continuing new observations sent Messenger to Earth every day,"

said principal investigator Sean Solomon of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Tens of thousands of images that are the main features of the planet in sharp focus which gives details of Mercury's surface. "Forms of soil (uniform deposits showing clusters without a frame, irregular holes) have not been this planet has never seen the previous investigators," said Brett Denevi staff scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel.

"We're still debating its origin, but it seems the planet's relatively young age and have more volatile components in Mercury's crust,"

he continued.

NASA observations also revealed a large amount of sulfur on the surface of Mercury shows, the original building blocks of Mercury is less oxidized than the other terrestrial planet formation.

The observations also indicated, which contained sulfur gases have contributed to explosive volcanic activity on Mercury's past.

"We recreate the global picture of the nature and workings of Mercury in the early years," said Solomon.

"Many of the ideas we had previously excluded due to these new observations lead to new insights and we can expect more of a surprise given the inner planets of this solar system would reveal a long held secret," he concluded. [inilah]