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Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System
May 9 2016 sees one of the astronomical highlights of the year - a transit of Mercury across the sun, the best opportunity to observe this phenomenon until 2049. To mark the event, the Sky at Night attempts to explain the many mysteries of Mercury - a planet so bizarre that it is sometimes described as the 'problem child' of the solar system. Surface temperatures exceed 450 degrees but it also has patches of ice, its day is twice as long as its year, and it is a planet that appears to be shrinking.
Aired: May 08, 2016 Genre: Documentary NewsDuration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production:
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01: Planet 9 From Outer Space02: Five Greatest Images of the Solar System03: Stephen Hawking on Black Holes04: Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System05: Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy06: Juno: Mission to Jupiter07: Interstellar: The Journey to Proxima Centauri08: Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky At Night Special09: Life on Mars10: Review of the Year