Artwork Of The Hypothetical Moon Of Mercury
by Science Photo Library
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Artwork Of The Hypothetical Moon Of Mercury
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Mercury's moon. Artwork of the hypothetical moon of Mercury, with the planet in the sky. The moon's existence was suggested in 1974 when the Mariner 10 spacecraft detected bursts of Extreme Ultravio- let (EUV) light from an unidentified source as it neared Mercury. It was believed that the inter- stellar medium absorbed EUV, meaning that the emi- ssion source was nearby. The source was tracked, & it was found to be moving at 4 kilometres per second, a speed similar to that of a moon. The source was found to be star 31 Crateris. Although no moon was found, it had been discovered that EUV could penetrate the interstellar medium, giving astronomers a new way of observing the universe.
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September 30th, 2018
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