Mercury 's Surface Geology: according to the information gathered by the probes sent to Mercury, this planet has a surface that resembles in some manner the surface of our Moon, with craters and maria as its most prominent features. Furthermore, there are other structures that, albeit not as common as impact craters, make up the surface of Mercury, such as vents - that are thought to be the source for magma-carved valleys on Mercury - and irregular depressions named "hollows", probably generated from the collapse of magmatic chambers.
Another interesting feature from Mercury is that it displays a high albedo, which is an absolute number (in a scale from 0 to 1, also written from 0% to 100%) used to indicate the reflective nature of a planetary …show more content…
That is why, despite not being the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System.
Earth 's Tectonic Plates: the tectonic plates of our planet are portions of what is scientifically called "lithosphere", which accounts for the layer of the Earth that contains the terrestrial crust and the upper-most solid mantle. Tectonic plates account for many interesting phenomena - such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains, and the generation of earthquakes and tsunamis - through movements that happens between plates. This, in turn, can be categorized into three different types of boundaries: transform boundaries, convergent boundaries and divergent boundaries.
Transform boundaries happen when plates slide parallel to each other, back and forth, which might in turn cause earthquakes. Convergent boundaries happen when a plate of higher density slides under another of lower density, generating a subduction zone, causing, in turn, most of the tectonic effects we see such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains. Lastly, divergent boundaries represent the opposite form of movement, on which plates begin to get farther from each other, generating the formation of new ocean …show more content…
Phobos and Deimos were two brother gods that represented, respectively, fear and dread - it is not a coincidence that the word for chronic fear, 'phobia ', has the same ethymological root as the name of the former. These two gods followed their father Ares, the Greek god of war, into the fields of battle, inflicliting terror on their opponents. It must be noted that Ares was named Mars in the Roman mythology, this being the reason why the two moons that followed the planet we 've named Mars are aptly called by the names of the sons that followed this god of
Another interesting feature from Mercury is that it displays a high albedo, which is an absolute number (in a scale from 0 to 1, also written from 0% to 100%) used to indicate the reflective nature of a planetary …show more content…
That is why, despite not being the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System.
Earth 's Tectonic Plates: the tectonic plates of our planet are portions of what is scientifically called "lithosphere", which accounts for the layer of the Earth that contains the terrestrial crust and the upper-most solid mantle. Tectonic plates account for many interesting phenomena - such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains, and the generation of earthquakes and tsunamis - through movements that happens between plates. This, in turn, can be categorized into three different types of boundaries: transform boundaries, convergent boundaries and divergent boundaries.
Transform boundaries happen when plates slide parallel to each other, back and forth, which might in turn cause earthquakes. Convergent boundaries happen when a plate of higher density slides under another of lower density, generating a subduction zone, causing, in turn, most of the tectonic effects we see such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains. Lastly, divergent boundaries represent the opposite form of movement, on which plates begin to get farther from each other, generating the formation of new ocean …show more content…
Phobos and Deimos were two brother gods that represented, respectively, fear and dread - it is not a coincidence that the word for chronic fear, 'phobia ', has the same ethymological root as the name of the former. These two gods followed their father Ares, the Greek god of war, into the fields of battle, inflicliting terror on their opponents. It must be noted that Ares was named Mars in the Roman mythology, this being the reason why the two moons that followed the planet we 've named Mars are aptly called by the names of the sons that followed this god of