Philips Atlas of the Universe

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Movements of the Planets T he word ‘planet’ really means ‘wanderer’, and the planets were first identified in ancient times by t ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM tion; it is exactly opposite to the Sun in the sky, and is best placed for observation. The interval between on ...

Mercury ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE M ercury, the innermost planet, is never easy to study from Earth. It is small, with a diameter of ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM ▲ The cratered surface of Mercury. This is also an image from Mariner 10. The most obvious difference between M ...

Features of Mercury ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE ▲ Brahmsis a large crater north of the Caloris Basin. It has a central peak complex, t ...

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The Caloris Basin. This composite mosaic was compiled from Mariner 10 images which have different resolution ...

Map of Mercury ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE T he first serious attempts at mapping Mercury were made between 1881 and 1889 by the Itali ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM MAIN FEATURES ON MERCURY Craters Lat. ° Long. ° Diameter, km miles Ahmad Baba 58.5 N 127 115 71 Andal 47 S 38.5 ...

V enus ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE
Four photographs of Venustaken on the same scale. As the phase shrinks, the apparent diameter inc ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM ▼ Venera 13 on the surface of Venus in March 1982. Part of the spacecraft is shown in this picture; the tempera ...

Mapping Venus ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE B ecause we can never see the surface of Venus, the only way to map it is by radar. It has b ...

The topography of Venus. These images were obtained by the Magellan radar altimeter during its 24 months of systematic mappin ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSEATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE The Magellan Mission ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE ▲Magellan.Released from the cargo bay of t ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM ▲Eistla Regio. This false-colour perspective of the western part of the Eistla Regio region of Venus depicts th ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Mars M ars, the first planet beyond the orbit of the Earth, has always been of special interest, because u ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM Arizona mainly to study Mars, and equipped it with an excellent 61-centimetre (24-inch) refractor. Lowell belie ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Missions to Mars M ariner 4 bypassed Mars on 14 July 1965, at a range of 9789 kilometres (6080 miles). It ...

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Mars from Viking 2. This photo of Mars was taken by Viking 2 from 419,000 km (260,000 miles) away as the spac ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Satellites of Mars ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE M ars has two satellites, Phobos and Deimos, both discovered in 1 ...