{"id":9481,"date":"2019-10-25T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/?p=9481"},"modified":"2021-07-09T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:21:04","slug":"mercure-petite-planete-grandes-decouvertes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/mercure-petite-planete-grandes-decouvertes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercure : petite plan\u00e8te, grandes d\u00e9couvertes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"chapo\">Plan\u00e8te la plus proche du Soleil et plus petite du Syst\u00e8me solaire, Mercure n&rsquo;a pour l&rsquo;instant \u00e9t\u00e9 visit\u00e9e que par deux sondes. Mais BepiColombo, la mission la plus risqu\u00e9e jamais entreprise par l&rsquo;Esa, est en chemin&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa.jpg\" alt=\"Image de la plan\u00e8te Mercure vue en entier, en fausses couleurs allant du jaune au bleu clair en passant par diff\u00e9rentes nuances d'orange et violet.\" class=\"wp-image-9487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa-570x338.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa-368x218.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_false_colors_credit_Nasa-270x160.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Visuel de Mercure en fausses couleurs reconstitu\u00e9 \u00e0 partir d&rsquo;images de la sonde Messenger.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minuscule Mercure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 peine plus grande que la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/la-lune-notre-satellite-naturel\/\">Lune<\/a>, la plan\u00e8te Mercure est la plus petite du Syst\u00e8me solaire, vingt fois moins massive que la Terre. C&rsquo;est aussi la plus proche du <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/le-soleil-notre-bonne-etoile\/\">Soleil<\/a>, puisqu&rsquo;elle gravite \u00e0 seulement 0,4 unit\u00e9s astronomiques de notre \u00e9toile, soit environ un tiers de la distance Terre-Soleil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1.jpg\" alt=\"Le Soleil est vu en entier, orange clair sur fond noir, et un petit point noir repr\u00e9sente Mercure qui passe devant notre \u00e9toile lors de son transit en mai 2016.  \" class=\"wp-image-9500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-368x368.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-62x62.jpg 62w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Transit_Mercury_2016_2_credit_Elijah_Mathews-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Transit de Mercure devant le Soleil en mai 2016. <\/strong>Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Elijah Mathews <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien qu&rsquo;elle soit tr\u00e8s proche du Soleil, avec 180\u202f\u00b0C en moyenne en surface, Mercure ne d\u00e9tient pas le record des temp\u00e9ratures les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es. Celui-ci revient \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/venus-la-sulfureuse\/\">V\u00e9nus, en raison de son atmosph\u00e8re tr\u00e8s dense<\/a>, qui cr\u00e9e un puissant effet de serre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 la surface de Mercure, quasiment d\u00e9pourvue d&rsquo;atmosph\u00e8re, la lumi\u00e8re du Soleil est sept fois plus brillante et intense que sur Terre, et notre \u00e9toile appara\u00eetrait trois fois plus grande dans le ciel pour un observateur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO.jpg\" alt=\"Le Soleil prend toute la partie droite de l'image en couleurs orang\u00e9-rouge, tandis qu'un petit cercle noir sur la gauche, proche de la surface du Soleil, correspond \u00e0 Mercure. \" class=\"wp-image-9493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO-570x321.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO-368x207.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_regarding_the_Sun_credit_Nasa_SDO-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Tailles relatives de Mercure et du Soleil.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/SDO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La plus rapide du Syst\u00e8me solaire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Par ailleurs, Mercure est la plan\u00e8te la plus rapide du Syst\u00e8me solaire, car \u00e0 47 kilom\u00e8tres par seconde, seulement 88 jours lui suffisent pour faire le tour du Soleil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comme V\u00e9nus, la Terre et Mars, Mercure est une plan\u00e8te tellurique compos\u00e9e d&rsquo;un noyau, d&rsquo;un manteau et d&rsquo;une cro\u00fbte. Apr\u00e8s la Terre, elle est la seconde plan\u00e8te la plus dense de par son imposant noyau m\u00e9tallique de fer et de nickel, partiellement liquide, de plus de 2\u202f000\u202fkm de rayon. Il repr\u00e9sente environ 85\u202f% du rayon de la plan\u00e8te et plus de 40\u202f% de son volume\u202f! Le manteau et la cro\u00fbte ne repr\u00e9sentent donc que 400\u202fkm d&rsquo;\u00e9paisseur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal_Structure_of_Mercury_credit_NASA_APL_.jpg\" alt=\"Sch\u00e9ma en coupe de Mercure sur fond noir o\u00f9 l'on voit ses diff\u00e9rentes couches : surface en couleurs r\u00e9elles, cro\u00fbte en marron, manteau en rose p\u00e2le et grand noyau en jaune p\u00e2le.\" class=\"wp-image-9502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal_Structure_of_Mercury_credit_NASA_APL_.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal_Structure_of_Mercury_credit_NASA_APL_-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal_Structure_of_Mercury_credit_NASA_APL_-368x257.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal_Structure_of_Mercury_credit_NASA_APL_-270x189.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Structure interne de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/APL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une surface accident\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En l&rsquo;absence d&rsquo;atmosph\u00e8re, il n&rsquo;y a rien pour arr\u00eater d&rsquo;\u00e9ventuels ast\u00e9ro\u00efdes. La surface de Mercure est donc riche en crat\u00e8res, globalement similaire \u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/la-chine-reussit-a-se-poser-sur-la-face-cachee-de-la-lune\/\">face cach\u00e9e de la Lune<\/a>. Petite originalit\u00e9, les \u00e9l\u00e9ments remarquables \u00e0 la surface de Mercure portent des noms d&rsquo;artistes, de musiciens ou d&rsquo;auteurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De grands bassins d&rsquo;impact comme Caloris (1\u202f550\u202fkm de diam\u00e8tre) ou Rachmaninoff (306\u202fkm de diam\u00e8tre) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 engendr\u00e9s par des impacts d\u2019ast\u00e9ro\u00efdes peu apr\u00e8s la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/formation-du-systeme-solaire\/\">naissance du Syst\u00e8me solaire<\/a>. Des falaises de plusieurs centaines de kilom\u00e8tres de hauteur, form\u00e9es \u00e0 la suite du refroidissement et de la contraction de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur de la plan\u00e8te apr\u00e8s sa formation, ponctuent \u00e9galement le paysage. D&rsquo;autre part, Mercure poss\u00e9derait de la glace d&rsquo;eau \u00e0 ses p\u00f4les Nord et Sud, dans les zones en permanence dans l&rsquo;ombre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_in_movement_credit_Nasa.gif\" alt=\"Animation de la plan\u00e8te Mercure en rotation, en fausses couleurs, o\u00f9 l'on distingue crat\u00e8res r\u00e9cents (bleu clair et blanc) et bassins d'impacts plus anciens (orange).\" class=\"wp-image-9507\" \/><figcaption><strong>Mercure en fausses couleurs o\u00f9 l&rsquo;on distingue crat\u00e8res r\u00e9cents (bleu) et bassins d&rsquo;impacts plus anciens (orange).<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/Giphy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercure appara\u00eet brun-gris\u00e9 en couleurs naturelles. \u00c0 de nombreux endroits, on peut distinguer des stries plus claires. Elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9es lors d&rsquo;impacts d\u2019ast\u00e9ro\u00efdes, par \u00e9jection autour des crat\u00e8res principaux de mat\u00e9riaux plus r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissants que la surface.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL.jpg\" alt=\"Photo panoramique d'une zone de Mercure : on y voit \u00e0 sa surface des stries brillantes qui partent en \u00e9toile depuis les crat\u00e8res d'impacts.\" class=\"wp-image-9525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL-570x157.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL-368x102.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Battered_credit_Nasa_USGS_JHUAPL-270x75.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Stries brillantes \u00e0 la surface de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/USGS\/JHUAPL<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vue globale d'une face de Mercure en couleurs gris, blanc et gris fonc\u00e9.\" class=\"wp-image-9548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1-62x62.jpg 62w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercury_Debussy_crater_credit_Nasa-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Vue globale de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Du volcanisme sur Mercure ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outre les crat\u00e8res et les escarpements, la surface de Mercure est ponctu\u00e9e de grandes \u00e9tendues lisses. D&rsquo;une part, ces plaines ont pu se former \u00e0 partir de retomb\u00e9es de poussi\u00e8res et de fragments du sol, \u00e9ject\u00e9s lors de gros impacts de m\u00e9t\u00e9orites. Mais d&rsquo;autre part, il est possible qu&rsquo;elles proviennent&#8230; de coul\u00e9es de laves\u202f! Ce qui serait la preuve d&rsquo;une activit\u00e9 volcanique sur Mercure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les \u00e9tendues r\u00e9guli\u00e8res se distinguent des plaines non lisses, non seulement par leur aspect, mais aussi par leur composition faisant intervenir des mat\u00e9riaux issus de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur de la plan\u00e8te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercure_plaine_lisse_credit_Nasa_JPL_Northwestern_University.jpg\" alt=\"Photo en couleurs grises d'une zone de la surface de Mercure o\u00f9 l'on voit un grand cercle r\u00e9gulier, une plaine lisse, qui illustre un volcanisme pass\u00e9.\" class=\"wp-image-9546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercure_plaine_lisse_credit_Nasa_JPL_Northwestern_University.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercure_plaine_lisse_credit_Nasa_JPL_Northwestern_University-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercure_plaine_lisse_credit_Nasa_JPL_Northwestern_University-270x236.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Plaine lisse \u00e0 la surface de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/JPL\/Northwestern University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mercure_fausses_couleurs_volcanisme_credit_Nasa_JPL_Northwestern_University.jpg\" alt=\"Vue d'une partie de la plan\u00e8te Mercure en fausses couleurs allant du bleu au jaune orange. On met en \u00e9vidence les zones \" class=\"wp-image-9543\" \/><figcaption><strong>Les zones potentiellement volcaniques de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/JPL\/Northwestern University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Le crat\u00e8re de Kuiper, en jaune vif en bas \u00e0 droite de l&rsquo;image pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, se compose par exemple de mat\u00e9riaux provenant de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur de la plan\u00e8te. En orange vif sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es les zones constitu\u00e9es de mat\u00e9riaux anciens appartenant \u00e0 la cro\u00fbte, tandis qu&rsquo;une coul\u00e9e de lave serait identifiable en orange fonc\u00e9 en bas \u00e0 gauche de l&rsquo;image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les \u00e9ruptions volcaniques qui auraient conduit \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation des plaines lisses ont notamment pu \u00eatre caus\u00e9es par l&rsquo;impact d&rsquo;ast\u00e9ro\u00efdes. La collision avec un corps d&rsquo;environ 150\u202fkm de diam\u00e8tre qui a donn\u00e9 naissance au bassin Caloris, pourrait notamment avoir contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa.jpg\" alt=\"Photo en couleurs gris\u00e9es du basin d'impact Caloris, zoom sur la surface de la plan\u00e8te.\" class=\"wp-image-9549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-368x368.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-62x62.jpg 62w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Caloris_Planitia_jpg_credit_Nasa-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Caloris, le plus gros crat\u00e8re m\u00e9t\u00e9oritique de Mercure.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 18px;\">\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/boutique\/le-ciel-au-telescope\/?ref=bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ciel-au-telescope-1200x900-1.webp\" alt=\"visuel publicitaire livre le Ciel au t\u00e9lescope\" class=\"img-responsive\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 0.25em;\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/boutique\/le-ciel-au-telescope\/?ref=bottom\">Le Ciel au t\u00e9lescope, le guide indispensable pour r\u00e9ussir vos observations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents survols de Mercure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, Mercure n&rsquo;a \u00e9t\u00e9 visit\u00e9e que par deux missions d&rsquo;exploration. La premi\u00e8re, Mariner\u202f10, a survol\u00e9 la plan\u00e8te \u00e0 trois reprises entre 1974 et 1975. La sonde a ainsi pris environ 2\u202f000 photographies, cartographi\u00e9 45&nbsp;% de la surface de Mercure et d\u00e9couvert son&nbsp;champ magn\u00e9tique. Avec la Terre, Mercure est la seule plan\u00e8te tellurique \u00e0 en poss\u00e9der un.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puis, lanc\u00e9e le 3\u202fao\u00fbt 2004, la mission <em>Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging<\/em>, alias Messenger, a pris le relais. Apr\u00e8s trois survols en 2008 et 2009, la sonde s&rsquo;est mise en orbite autour de la plan\u00e8te en 2011. C&rsquo;est pour l&rsquo;instant le seul engin construit par l&rsquo;Homme \u00e0 l&rsquo;avoir fait. La mission a permis de r\u00e9v\u00e9ler une grande partie de la face cach\u00e9e de Mercure et de cartographier les 10\u202f% de la surface qui restaient encore \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Vue globale des deux faces de Mercure en d\u00e9grad\u00e9 de gris et blanc. \" class=\"wp-image-9534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-368x276.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Messenger_global_coverage_Mercury_credit_Nasa_Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory_Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Mercure vue par Messenger.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Nasa\/Johns Hopkins\/University Applied Physics Laboratory\/Carnegie Institution of Washington<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lors de quatre ann\u00e9es en orbite, Messenger a pris plus de 277&nbsp;000&nbsp;photos et permis de produire des cartes de la composition globale de Mercure ainsi qu&rsquo;un mod\u00e8le 3D de sa magn\u00e9tosph\u00e8re. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9tudi\u00e9 la topographie de l&rsquo;h\u00e9misph\u00e8re nord et caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 les \u00e9l\u00e9ments volatils pr\u00e9sents dans les crat\u00e8res constamment ombrag\u00e9s des p\u00f4les, la sonde s&rsquo;est \u00e9cras\u00e9e \u00e0 la surface de la plan\u00e8te en avril 2015.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BepiColombo, une mission risqu\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Place \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 une nouvelle mission, qui fait actuellement route vers Mercure : BepiColombo. Parties le 19\u202foctobre 2018, les deux sondes de cette mission des agences spatiales europ\u00e9enne (Esa) et japonaise (Jaxa) seront plac\u00e9es en orbite autour de la\u00a0plan\u00e8te en\u202fd\u00e9cembre 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La sonde <em>Mercury Planet Orbiter<\/em> (MPO) de l&rsquo;Esa doit \u00e9tudier l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur, la surface et l&rsquo;exosph\u00e8re, c&rsquo;est-\u00e0-dire les quelques mol\u00e9cules de gaz qui constituent la quasi-atmosph\u00e8re de Mercure. Le module <em>Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter<\/em> (MMO) de la Jaxa va quant \u00e0 lui s&rsquo;int\u00e9resser au champ magn\u00e9tique et aux ondes et particules de l&rsquo;environnement imm\u00e9diat de la plan\u00e8te. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_orbiters_credit_Esa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sch\u00e9ma des deux sondes sur leurs orbites : Mercure \u00e0 gauche de l'image avec sa magn\u00e9tosph\u00e8re, MPO (le plus gros) sur une orbite rouge proche de Mercure (rouge) et MMO (petite sonde) sur une orbite plus excentrique (jaune).\" class=\"wp-image-9588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_orbiters_credit_Esa-1.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_orbiters_credit_Esa-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_orbiters_credit_Esa-1-368x276.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_orbiters_credit_Esa-1-270x203.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Orbites des deux sondes MPO et MMO.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Esa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BepiColombo est la mission la plus risqu\u00e9e jamais entreprise par l&rsquo;Esa. Plus encore m\u00eame que Rosetta qui devait faire atterrir le module Philae sur la surface de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/comprendre-les-cometes\/\">com\u00e8te<\/a> Tchouri. D&rsquo;abord, les sondes seront soumises aux temp\u00e9ratures extr\u00eames, jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 450\u202f\u00b0C, de l&rsquo;environnement mercurien.  MPO et MMO sont pour cela par\u00e9es d&rsquo;un bouclier thermique de 200\u202fkg qui doit les prot\u00e9ger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De plus, atteindre Mercure est une op\u00e9ration complexe. La masse du Soleil exerce en effet un champ de gravit\u00e9 colossal qui&nbsp;rend<em> <\/em>tr\u00e8s difficile l\u2019insertion d\u2019un v\u00e9hicule spatial sur une orbite stable autour de la plan\u00e8te. Il faut ainsi plus d\u2019\u00e9nergie pour une mission vers Mercure que vers Pluton !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ainsi, pour ne pas \u00ab\u00a0tomber dans le Soleil\u00a0\u00bb, BepiColombo devra freiner en permanence pour r\u00e9sister \u00e0 l&rsquo;attraction de notre \u00e9toile. Elle aura notamment recours aux assistances gravitationnelles de la Terre, V\u00e9nus et Mercure elle-m\u00eame, qui seront survol\u00e9es respectivement une, deux et six fois avant la mise en orbite. Les propulseurs ioniques d&rsquo;un troisi\u00e8me module appel\u00e9 <em>Mercury Transfer Module<\/em> (MTM) viendront compl\u00e9ter cette assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Animation_of_BepiColombo_trajectory_credit_Horizons_System_JPL_Nasa-1.gif\" alt=\"Animation qui montre sur fond noir la trajectoire de la mission BepiColombo (violet), qui passe par les orbites de la Terre (bleu fonc\u00e9), V\u00e9nus (turquoise) et Mercure elle-m\u00eame (vert) avant de se placer en orbite.\" class=\"wp-image-9580\" \/><figcaption><strong>Trajectoire de la mission BepiColombo.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit\u202f: Horizons System\/JPL\/Nasa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Une mission p\u00e9rilleuse donc, mais qui devrait nous apporter des connaissances pr\u00e9cieuses sur l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/formation-du-systeme-solaire\/\">\u00e9volution du Syst\u00e8me solaire<\/a>, et notamment la mani\u00e8re dont se forment et \u00e9voluent les plan\u00e8tes qui, dans des <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/exoplanetes-de-nouveaux-mondes-a-decouvrir\/\">syst\u00e8mes exoplan\u00e9taires<\/a>, gravitent \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de leur \u00e9toile.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa.jpg\" alt=\"Dessin de la mission BepiColombo avec en fond en bas \u00e0 droite un bout de Mercure, au centre le plus gros module MPO et \u00e0 gauche le plus petit MMO.\" class=\"wp-image-9585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa-570x326.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa-368x210.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BepiColombo_artist_s_view_credit_Esa-270x154.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Vue d&rsquo;artiste de la mission BepiColombo.<\/strong> Cr\u00e9dit : Esa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 18px;\">\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/boutique\/le-ciel-au-telescope\/?ref=bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stelvision.com\/astro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ciel-au-telescope-1200x900-1.webp\" alt=\"visuel publicitaire livre le Ciel au t\u00e9lescope\" class=\"img-responsive\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center; 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