A US space probe successfully flew by Mercury earlier this month to photograph the Solar System’s smallest planet, in the second of three planned passes, the US space agency NASA said.
The spacecraft MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) flew past the innermost planet at an altitude of 201 kilometers at a speed of 23,818 kilometers per hour.
“Everything went according to plan,” said spokeswoman Helen Johnson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which is running the project.
MESSENGER first flew past Mercury on Jan. 14 this year, and will make its final pass in Sept. 2009.
This month’s trip aims to investigate the opposite side of the planet to the one seen on the first visit, said Louise Prockter, instrument scientist for the spacecraft’s Mercury Dual Imaging System at the Johns Hopkins University.
Mercury is the closest of all the planets to the Sun, but because of the high risks of its proximity to the Sun, it is one of the most mysterious bodies in the solar system, even though it is relatively close to Earth.
(AFP)
美國航空暨太空總署NASA日前宣布,一架美國太空探測器本月稍早已成功地飛越水星上空,並拍攝到這個太陽系中最小行星的樣貌。
這艘太空船「信使號」(水星表面、太空環境、地球化學和測距的縮寫)飛越太陽系最內部的這顆行星上空時,飛行高度為兩百零一公里,每小時時速為兩萬三千八百一十八公里。
負責此計畫的約翰霍普金斯大學應用物理實驗室女發言人海倫.強森說:「一切都如預期般進行。」
信使號在今年元月十四日首次航經水星,並將於二OO九年九月最後一次進行此任務。
約翰霍普金斯大學負責這艘太空船的水星雙面影像系統的儀器科學家路易斯.波克特說,本月的行程旨在調查首次探勘水星時未見到的另一面。
水星是眾行星中最接近太陽的一顆,但因其接近太陽,探勘的風險也相當高;雖然它相對地鄰近地球,但它仍是太陽系中最神秘的星體之一。(法新社�翻譯:袁星塵)
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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