Demonstrations

Mercury

Code Number :	8A20.01
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Condition :	Good
Principle :	Planets of the Solar System.
Area of Study :	Solar System
Equipment :	Video tapes and images from exploratory missions to Mercury.
Procedure :	Choose the videotape or web images that best fit your presentation.

References

John L. Roeder, "Dance Lessons", TPT, Vol. 31, # 3, Mar. 1993, p. 132.

Juan Lin, "A Demonstration of Kepler's Third Law", TPT, Vol. 31, # 2, Feb. 1993, p. 122.

John L. Roeder, "Astrodances", TPT, Vol. 30, # 6, Sept. 1992, p. 384.

Maurice Bruce Stewart, "The Orbit of Mercury", TPT, Vol. 29, # 6, June 1991, p. 346.

M. G. Stewart, "Precession of the Perihelion of Mercury's Orbit", AJP, Vol. 73, # 8, Aug. 2005, p. 730.

Alex Alaniz, "A Simple Special Relativistic Perturbation Scheme for Yielding the General Relativistic Behavior of Point Particles and Photons in the Gravitational Field of Stars", AJP, Vol. 70, # 5, May 2002, p. 498.

Daniel R. Stump, "Precession of the Perihelion of Mercury", AJP, Vol. 56, # 12, Dec. 1988, p. 1097.

P.C. Peters, "Comment on "Mercury's Precession According to Special Relativity", AJP, Vol. 55, # 8, Aug. 1987, p. 757.

Thomas Phipps, Jr., "Response to "Comment on 'Mercury's Precession According to Special Relativity'", AJP, Vol. 55, # 8, Aug. 1987, p. 758.

Johanna Miller, "Radar Reveals Mercury's Molten Core", Physics Today, p. 22, July 2007.

Janice VanCleave, "Planet Facts and Figures," A+ Projects in Astronomy, p. 193.

Stephen L. Gillett, "Inward Ho!" Analog Science Fiction/ Science Fact, p. 62.

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