Mercury's Web
These are links to other great web sites about Mercury. But beware: you don't want to get caught in Mercury's Web! Don't stay away from Windows to the Universe for long!
Mariner 10 JPL has a page about the Mariner 10 spacecraft.
Mercury General information about Mercury.
MESSENGER The mission to Mercury.
More Mercury Another site about this tiny planet.
National Space Science Data Center Mercury Page The name says it all!
Nine Planets: Mercury This great web site has a nice page on Mercury.
NSSDC Master Catalog Display: Spacecraft More on the Mariner 10 spacecraft.
NSSDC Photo Gallery Mercury Plenty of images of Mercury!
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If Uranus is the "tilted planet", Mercury might be called the "upright planet". The spin axis of Uranus, which defines the locations of the planet's North and South Poles, is tilted by 98°. The spin axis
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Mercury has a weak magnetic field. Like Earth's magnetic field, Mercury's dipole field is tilted with respect to the planet's spin axis. This means that Mercury's magnetic poles and its geographic poles
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Mercury has very little atmosphere. The planet's small size means that its gravity is too weak to hold down a normal atmosphere. There is a very thin atmosphere around the planet. Mercury's thin atmosphere
...more Mercury is the only terrestrial planet other than the Earth that has a significant magnetic field (220 nT). This field, along with the planet's high density and small size relative to the Earth, indicates
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