...fferent numbers and types of terrestrial planets forming in the inner regions of the system. It's a game of planetary billiards. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GiantPlanetMigration #TerrestrialPlanets #Planetesimals #GravitationalScattering #ProtoplanetaryDisk #PlanetarySystemArchitecture
February 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
...fferent numbers and types of terrestrial planets forming in the inner regions of the system. It's a game of planetary billiards. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GiantPlanetMigration #TerrestrialPlanets #Planetesimals #GravitationalScattering #ProtoplanetaryDisk #PlanetarySystemArchitecture
14/16 Beyond the Moon: Implications for terrestrial planets everywhere.
If massive impacts can trigger deep mantle melting and differentiation, this process shaped rocky worlds throughout the Solar System.
A universal mechanism.
#TerrestrialPlanets #UniversalProcess
If massive impacts can trigger deep mantle melting and differentiation, this process shaped rocky worlds throughout the Solar System.
A universal mechanism.
#TerrestrialPlanets #UniversalProcess
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
14/16 Beyond the Moon: Implications for terrestrial planets everywhere.
If massive impacts can trigger deep mantle melting and differentiation, this process shaped rocky worlds throughout the Solar System.
A universal mechanism.
#TerrestrialPlanets #UniversalProcess
If massive impacts can trigger deep mantle melting and differentiation, this process shaped rocky worlds throughout the Solar System.
A universal mechanism.
#TerrestrialPlanets #UniversalProcess
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Fascinating Facts About Our Solar System
The solar system is an incredible realm that encompasses the Sun, eight planets, five officially designated dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and an endless array of asteroids and comets. Nestled within the Milky Way galaxy—characterized by its swirling, barred spiral arms—our solar system resides in a small segment known as the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur, situated between the Sagittarius and Perseus arms.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
4/4 Mercury's shadowy north pole revealed by BepiColombo
Taken on: January 8, 2025
Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM, @esa.int
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Taken on: January 8, 2025
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![Source: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/01/Mercury_s_shadowy_north_pole_revealed_by_M-CAM_1
This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over Mercury's north pole gave the spacecraft's monitoring camera 1 (M-CAM 1) a unique opportunity to peer down into the shadowy polar craters.
M-CAM 1 took this long-exposure photograph of Mercury's north pole at 07:07 CET, when the spacecraft was about 787 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet's night side at 06:59 CET.
In this view, Mercury’s terminator, the boundary between day and night, divides the planet in two. Along the terminator, just to the left of the solar array, the sunlit rims of craters Prokofiev, Kandinsky, Tolkien and Gordimer can be seen, including some of their central peaks.
The left of the image shows the vast volcanic plains known as Borealis Planitia. These are Mercury’s largest expanse of ‘smooth plains' and were formed by the widespread eruption of runny lava 3.7 billion years ago.
This lava flooded existing craters, as is clearly visible in the lower left Henri and Lismer craters. The ‘wrinkles’ seen in the centre-left were formed over billions of years following the solidification of the lava, probably in response to global contraction as Mercury’s interior cooled down.
The foreground of the image shows BepiColombo's solar array (centre right), and a part of the Mercury Transfer Module (lower left).
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[Image description: Planet Mercury in the background with its grey, cratered, pockmarked surface. In the foreground are some spacecraft parts.]
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December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
4/4 Mercury's shadowy north pole revealed by BepiColombo
Taken on: January 8, 2025
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...arger planets or lead to the fragmentation and ejection of material. The final size and composition of a terrestrial planet are, therefore, a result of this complex history of accretion and collisional events. #TerrestrialPlanets #CollisionalEvolution #PlanetaryEmbryos
May 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
...arger planets or lead to the fragmentation and ejection of material. The final size and composition of a terrestrial planet are, therefore, a result of this complex history of accretion and collisional events. #TerrestrialPlanets #CollisionalEvolution #PlanetaryEmbryos
The four inner, rocky planets of our solar system—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—are sometimes called the terrestrial planets because of their similarity in structure and composition to Earth. #TerrestrialPlanets #InnerPlanets #RockyPlanets
May 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The four inner, rocky planets of our solar system—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—are sometimes called the terrestrial planets because of their similarity in structure and composition to Earth. #TerrestrialPlanets #InnerPlanets #RockyPlanets
...ubsequently impacting the formation of terrestrial planets. It's a magnetic migration. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #MagneticFields #ProtoplanetaryDisk #DustDrift #RadialDrift #TerrestrialPlanets #PlanetFormationEfficiency
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
...ubsequently impacting the formation of terrestrial planets. It's a magnetic migration. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #MagneticFields #ProtoplanetaryDisk #DustDrift #RadialDrift #TerrestrialPlanets #PlanetFormationEfficiency
... planets, while lower abundances result in smaller terrestrial worlds. It's all in the initial recipe. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #RefractoryElements #ProtoplanetaryDisk #TerrestrialPlanets #Planetesimals #PlanetComposition
January 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
... planets, while lower abundances result in smaller terrestrial worlds. It's all in the initial recipe. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #RefractoryElements #ProtoplanetaryDisk #TerrestrialPlanets #Planetesimals #PlanetComposition
...re efficient growth and the formation of larger, more massive terrestrial planets. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #Turbulence #ProtoplanetaryDisk #TerrestrialPlanets #DustAccumulation #PlanetGrowth
January 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
...re efficient growth and the formation of larger, more massive terrestrial planets. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #Turbulence #ProtoplanetaryDisk #TerrestrialPlanets #DustAccumulation #PlanetGrowth
...r the formation of entirely different planetary arrangements than would have occurred without the gas giant's presence. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GasGiants #GravitationalScattering #TerrestrialPlanets #PlanetaryMigration
December 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
...r the formation of entirely different planetary arrangements than would have occurred without the gas giant's presence. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GasGiants #GravitationalScattering #TerrestrialPlanets #PlanetaryMigration
...bital configurations of inner planets, leading to a diverse range of possible outcomes. This highlights the interconnectedness of giant and terrestrial planet formation. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GiantPlanetMigration #TerrestrialPlanets #OrbitalEvolution #GravitationalInteractions
December 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM
...bital configurations of inner planets, leading to a diverse range of possible outcomes. This highlights the interconnectedness of giant and terrestrial planet formation. #SpaceFacts #PlanetFormation #GiantPlanetMigration #TerrestrialPlanets #OrbitalEvolution #GravitationalInteractions