Mercury/Quiz

Mercury is a lecture about the study of this astronomical object.

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{Complete the text: When imaged in X-rays, the surface on Mercury emits X-ray spectral lines from { magnesium (i) }, aluminum, sulphur, calcium, titanium, and iron like a { rocky (i) } planet.
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{True or False, The rocky surface of the planet Mercury can be detected when Mercury is observed using superluminal astronomy. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with violet astronomy? - photographs of the planet Venus taken in 1927 - the purple haze within a few arcseconds of the central star of the Homunculus - the faintness of carbon stars - the stellar abundance of aluminum - adaptive optics + the helium beta line
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{True or False, When Mercury is viewed in the ultraviolet, it has the presence of H and He in an atmosphere. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon? - predicting the end of the Earth - determining the accuracy of local computers + meteorite impacts - demonstrating that Mercury was once a comet - predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt + fireballs
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{Which types of radiation astronomy directly observe the rocky-object surface of Mercury? - meteor astronomy - cosmic-ray astronomy - neutrals astronomy + neutron astronomy - proton astronomy - beta-particle astronomy - electron astronomy - neutrino astronomy - gamma-ray astronomy + X-ray astronomy + optical astronomy - ultraviolet astronomy + visual astronomy - violet astronomy + blue astronomy - cyan astronomy + green astronomy - yellow astronomy - orange astronomy + red astronomy + infrared astronomy - submillimeter astronomy + radio astronomy + radar astronomy - microwave astronomy - superluminal astronomy
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{The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is an astronomical document produced to help astronomers for what purpose? - predict the end of the Earth - determine the accuracy of local computers + accurately predict the equinoxes - demonstrate that Mercury was once a comet - predict when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt - demonstrate that the local pyramids were built by aliens
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{Which of the following phenomena are associated with Mercury? - a god of peace + has been occulted by the Sun + often appears reddish - currently dormant volcanoes only on the Sun-facing side - a breathable atmosphere
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{Mercury is not known historically for which of the following? - being in orbit around the Sun in 10,000 b2k - imaged by the MESSENGER probe + a gas dwarf when viewed in the ultraviolet - only slightly smaller than Mars - may have been called Nabu in human memory - having little or no surface water
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{Complete the text: Match up the object viewed with its image: Mercury - J Mars - K Sun's chromosphere- L calcite - M Venus - N Jupiter's aurora - O Jupiter - P Io - Q Saturn - R Betelgeuse - S Mira - T LAB-1 - U Messier 101 - V { L (i) }. { Q (i) }. thumb|left|100px { J (i) }. [[Image:Mira the star-by Nasa alt crop.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { T (i) }. [[Image:Venuspioneeruv.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { N (i) }. [[Image:Aurora Saturn.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { R (i) }. [[Image:Jupiter.Aurora.HST.UV.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { O (i) }. [[Image:Lyman-alpha blob LAB-1.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { U (i) } [[Image:MAVEN Mars aurora 940x400.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { K (i) }. [[Image:Betelgeuse star hubble-580x580.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { S (i) }. [[Image:Hubble Space Telescope Image of Fragment BDGLNQ12R Impacts.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { P (i) }. [[Image:Calcite LongWaveUV HAGAM.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { M (i) }. [[Image:M101 UIT.gif|thumb|left|100px]] { V (i) }.
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Direct hits by large asteroids eliminated oceans on Mercury.