Mercury Transit, 2019 (SDO 4K imagery)

Credits

• Visualizer

  • Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]

• Scientist

  • William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]

• Producer

  • Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.) [Lead]

• Technical support

  • Greg Slater (Lockheed Martin)
  • Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
  • Kevin Addison (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
  • Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
  • Mark Cheung (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab)
  • Sam Freeland (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab)
  • Zoe Frank (Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company)

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    ID: 14123 Produced Video

    What Mercury’s Unusual Orbit Reveals About the Sun

    March 24th, 2022
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Mercury is special. As the closest planet to the Sun, it occupies a region where the Sun’s influence is changing dramatically. The Sun’s magnetic field, which dominates space close to the Sun, is rapidly waning. And Mercury’s orbit – more elliptical or “oval-shaped” than any other planet – allows it to experience a wider range of solar magnetic field conditions than any other planet. As a result, Mercury provides a unique opportunity to study how the Sun’s influence on a planet varies with distance.In a new study published in Nature Communications, Goddard scientists Norberto Romanelli and Gina DiBraccio used data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft to study the Sun’s changing interaction with Mercury. As Mercury moves through the solar wind, the steady stream of particles escaping the Sun, some of them strike Mercury’s magnetosphere and bounce back towards the Sun. These rebounding solar wind particles generate low-frequency waves that reverberate through space, traveling “upstream” in the solar wind towards the Sun. Romanelli and DiBraccio observed these waves emanating from Mercury and discovered that the rate of wave production varied throughout Mercury’s orbit. As Mercury moved farther from the Sun it generated more waves; as it got closer, the rate of wave production dropped. The results provide key evidence for a theory that these waves are affected, in part, by the strength of the Sun’s magnetic field, which grows weaker with distance. ||

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    ID: 13425 Produced Video

    Mercury Transit 2019 - 4K

    Nov. 11th, 2019
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music Credit: Frosted Lace by Matthew Charles Gilbert DavidsonComplete transcript available. || thumbnail.transit.jpg (1920x1080) [939.8 KB] || thumbnail.transit_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.8 KB] || thumbnail.transit_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V3_1Twitter1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.4 MB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V3_1YouTube1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [138.7 MB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V34kMASTER.mov (3840x2160) [4.1 GB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V3_1APR4k.mov (3840x2160) [8.2 GB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V3_1YouTube4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [343.1 MB] || 13425.Mercury.transit2019V34kMASTER.webm (3840x2160) [5.4 MB] || 13425.en_US.srt [785 bytes] || 13425.en_US.vtt [798 bytes] ||

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    ID: 13420 Produced Video

    Watch Mercury Glide Across the Sun in Near Real Time

    Nov. 5th, 2019
    (updated Nov. 15th, 2023)

    Quick link for B-ROLL for Mercury transit interviews.Quick link for AUDIO interview with Dr. Padi Boyd.Quick link for canned interview with Dr. Padi Boyd.Quick link for canned interview with Dr. Alex Young looking off camera. Just in! Mercury begins it's TRANSIT here on Monday, Nov. 11!! Quick link to canned interview in Spanish with NASA Scientst Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla.Click here to watch the Solar Dynamics Observatory's view of the transit. || Mercury_Transit.jpg (1280x720) [203.3 KB] || Mercury_Transit_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.0 KB] || Mercury_Transit_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.6 KB] || Mercury_Transit_web.png (320x180) [74.6 KB] || Mercury_Transit_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB] ||

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