Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
3D Mercury Transit
Explanation:
Mercury is now [ http://www.astronom…ShowPost.aspx ] visible shortly before dawn, the brightest "star" just above the eastern horizon. But almost two weeks ago Mercury [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] actually crossed the face of the Sun for the second time in the 21st century. Viewed with red/blue glasses [ http://photojournal…], this stereo anaglyph combines space-based images of the Sun and innermost planet in a just-for-fun 3D [ http://www.sungazer…] presentation of the Mercury transit [ http://www.transito…]. The solar disk image is from Hinode [ http://solarb.msfc.…]. (sounds like "hee-no-day", means sunrise). A sun-staring observatory, Hinode was launched from Uchinoura Space Center and viewed the transit [ http://solar-b.nao.…] from Earth orbit. Superimposed on Mercury's dark silhouette is a detailed image [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the planet's rugged surface based on data from the Mariner 10 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] probe that flew by Mercury in 1974 and 1975.
Credit and Copyright:
Greg Piepol [ http://www.sungazer…]
facet_when:
1974
facet_when:
21st century
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
STEREO
facet_what:
Mariner
facet_what:
Mariner 10
facet_what:
Dawn
facet_what:
Hinode
facet_when_year:
1974
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap061125

3D Mercury Transit
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