//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/mercury/ Planet Mercury News. Read science articles and see images of Mercury. en-us Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:49:53 EDT Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:49:53 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/mercury/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221205121538.htm Studying an atomic clock on-board a spacecraft inside the orbit of Mercury and very near to the Sun could be the trick to uncovering the nature of dark matter. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:15:38 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221205121538.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220331101604.htm An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. Their finding, a first, answers the question of whether other planets, including those outside our solar system, can have geomagnetic storms regardless of the size of their magnetosphere or whether they have an Earth-like ionosphere. Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:16:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220331101604.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210702154314.htm A new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle. For decades, scientists argued that hit-and-run collisions blew away much of Mercury's rocky mantle and left the big, dense, metal core inside. But new research reveals that collisions are not to blame -- instead, the density, mass and iron content of a rocky planet's core is influenced by its distance from the sun's magnetic field. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:43:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210702154314.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200929123418.htm Geoscientists have found the largest extraterrestrial diamonds ever discovered - a few tenths of a millimeter in size nevertheless - inside meteorites. Together with an international team of researchers, they have now been able to prove that these diamonds formed in the early period of our solar system when minor planets collided together or with large asteroids. These new data disprove the theory that they originated deep inside planets - similar to diamonds formed on Earth - at least the size of Mercury. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:34:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200929123418.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200313155329.htm Despite Mercury's 400-degree Celsius daytime heat, there is ice at its caps. And now a study shows how that Vulcan scorch probably helps the planet closest to the sun make some of that ice. Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:53:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200313155329.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190417130007.htm Scientists have long known that Earth and Mercury have metallic cores. Like Earth, Mercury's outer core is composed of liquid metal, but there have only been hints that Mercury's innermost core is solid. Now, in a new study, scientists report evidence that Mercury's inner core is indeed solid and that it is very nearly the same size as Earth's solid inner core. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:00:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190417130007.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180612105753.htm The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles from the sun. On the Moon or on Mercury, the uppermost layer of rock is gradually eroded by the impact of sun particles. New results show that previous models of this process are incomplete. The effects of solar wind bombardment are much more drastic than previously thought. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:57:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180612105753.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180427100306.htm A planetary scientist has used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury's crust, which is thinner than anyone thought. Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:03:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180427100306.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180418144810.htm Scientists have examined a slice from a meteorite that contains large diamonds formed at high pressure. The study shows that the parent body from which the meteorite came was a planetary embryo of a size between Mercury and Mars. Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:48:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180418144810.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180417115752.htm 理论物理学家使用模拟来解释the unusual readings collected in 2009 by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging mission. The origin of energetic electrons detected in Mercury's magnetic tail has puzzled scientists. This new study provides a possible solution to how these energetic electrons form. Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:57:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180417115752.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180327141707.htm Project Mercury proved that humans could live and work in space, paving the way for all future human exploration. Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:17:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180327141707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180327132014.htm A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury -- situated 339 light years away -- has been detected and characterized by a global team of astronomers. Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:20:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180327132014.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180118141822.htm Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expanding. It happens because the Sun's gravitational grip gradually weakens as our star ages and loses mass. Now, scientists have indirectly measured this mass loss and other solar parameters by looking at changes in Mercury's orbit. Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:18:22 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180118141822.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171101151201.htm Forty years ago, the twin Voyagers spacecraft were launched to explore the frontiers of our solar system, and have since made countless discoveries, including finding magnetic bubbles around two of the outer planets. Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:12:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171101151201.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170929112952.htm Mercury, our smallest planetary neighbor, has very little to call an atmosphere, but it does have a strange weather pattern: morning micro-meteor showers. Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:29:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170929112952.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170919123129.htm 一项新的研究指出三大表面冰osits near Mercury's north pole, and suggests there could be many additional small-scale deposits that would dramatically increase the planet's surface ice inventory. Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:31:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170919123129.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170725122006.htm A team of scientists will take to the skies during the Aug. 21 eclipse, using two of NASA's WB-57 jet planes to chase the shadow of the moon for unparalleled observations of the sun and Mercury. Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:20:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170725122006.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170531110739.htm Scientists using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have identified bright areas in craters near the moon's south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on the surface. Wed, 31 May 2017 11:07:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170531110739.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/11/161116104013.htm Scientists have discovered a new large valley on Mercury that may be the first evidence of buckling of the planet's outer silicate shell in response to global contraction. The researchers discovered the valley using a new high-resolution topographic map of part of Mercury's southern hemisphere created by stereo images from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:40:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/11/161116104013.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161012121208.htm Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars' lives, according to new research. The finding is surprising because planets orbiting close to a single sun, like Mercury and Venus in our solar system, would be destroyed when the aging star swells into a red giant. Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:12:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161012121208.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160905114511.htm Research suggests that virtually all of Earth's life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury. Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:45:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160905114511.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160805155132.htm New research finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 billion years ago. These findings add insight into the geological evolution of Mercury in particular, and what happens when rocky planets cool and contract in general. Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:51:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160805155132.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160708145132.htm Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres where ice deposits could exist now. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:51:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160708145132.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160629221732.htm Researchers have found that several volcanic deposits on Mercury's surface require mantle melting to have started close to the planet's core-mantle boundary, which lies only 400 km below the planets surface and making it unique in the solar system. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:17:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160629221732.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160627132939.htm Geologists trace Mercury's origins to weird, rare meteorite, and find planet cooled dramatically shortly after it formed. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:29:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160627132939.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160614100440.htm Astronomers are researching the way in which celestial bodies orbit each other, now and in the future. This often turns out to be more erratic than you might think. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:04:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160614100440.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/05/160504092938.htm It happens only a little more than once a decade and the next chance to see it is Monday, May 9, 2016. Throughout the US, sky watchers can watch Mercury pass between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. Three NASA satellites will be providing images of the transit and one of them will have a near-live feed. Wed, 04 May 2016 09:29:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/05/160504092938.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160427151210.htm On 9 May there will be a rare transit of Mercury, when the smallest planet in our Solar System will pass directly between the Earth and the Sun. The last time this happened was in 2006, and the next two occasions will be in 2019 and 2032. During the transit, which takes place in the afternoon and early evening in the UK, Mercury will appear as a dark silhouetted disk against the bright surface of the Sun. Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:12:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160427151210.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160307112950.htm Scientists have long been puzzled by Mercury's very dark surface. Previously, scientists proposed that the darkness came from carbon accumulated by comet impacts. Now scientists confirm that carbon is present at Mercury's surface, but that it most likely originated deep below the surface, in the form of a now-disrupted and buried ancient graphite-rich crust, which was later brought to the surface via impacts after most of the current crust formed. Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:29:50 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160307112950.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/11/151110171351.htm The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has concluded. This has a discernible effect in the planet's tenuous atmosphere and may lead to a new paradigm on how these airless bodies maintain their ethereal envelopes. Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:13:51 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/11/151110171351.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150811132833.htm When the sun hurls a billion tons of high-energy particles and magnetic fields into space at speeds of more than a million miles per hour and the 'space weather' conditions are right, the resulting geomagnetic storm at Earth can wreak havoc on communication and navigation systems, electrical power grids, and pose radiation hazards to astronauts and airline passengers and crew. Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:28:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150811132833.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150507145200.htm New data from MESSENGER, the spacecraft that orbited Mercury for four years before crashing into the planet a week ago, reveals Mercury's magnetic field is almost four billion years old. Thu, 07 May 2015 14:52:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150507145200.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150501113442.htm A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end April 30 when it slammed into Mercury's surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet's surface. Fri, 01 May 2015 11:34:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150501113442.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150428165120.htm The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the solar system's innermost planet. MESSENGER's highly successful orbital mission is about to come to an end, as the spacecraft runs out of propellant and the force of solar gravity causes it to impact the surface of Mercury near the end of April 2015. Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:51:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150428165120.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150330122437.htm Scientists have long puzzled over the planet Mercury's excessively dark surface. New research suggests that carbon from passing comets could be the planet's mystery darkening agent. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:24:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150330122437.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150323162245.htm Jupiter may have swept through the early solar system like a wrecking ball, destroying a first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit, according to a new study. The findings help explain why our solar system is so different from the hundreds of other planetary systems that astronomers have discovered in recent years. Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:22:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150323162245.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150319091940.htm MESSENGER will not go gentle into that good night. The mission will end sometime this spring, when the spacecraft runs out of propellant and the force of solar gravity causes it to impact the surface of Mercury. But the team initiated a "hover" observation campaign designed to gather scientific data from the planet at ultra-low altitudes until the last possible moment. Engineers have devised a series of orbit-correction maneuvers (OCMs) over the next five weeks -- the first of which was carried out today -- designed to delay the inevitable impact a bit longer. Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:19:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150319091940.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150316134643.htm NASA的信使的使命,现在接近我的结束ts fourth and final year of orbital operations at Mercury, is well into a low-altitude campaign that is returning images and measurements of the planet's surface and interior that are unprecedented in their resolution. Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:46:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150316134643.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150313110434.htm Scientists have created global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes -- large regions that have compositions distinct from their surroundings. The presence of these large terranes has important implications for the history of the planet Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:04:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150313110434.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/01/150127111418.htm A Sun-like star with orbiting planets, dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy, has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. At 11.2 billion years old, it is the oldest star with Earth-sized planets ever found and proves that such planets have formed throughout the history of the Universe. Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:14:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/01/150127111418.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141216183702.htm The closest planet to the sun appears to get hit by a periodic meteor shower, possibly associated with a comet that produces multiple events annually on Earth. The clues pointing to Mercury's shower were discovered in the very thin halo of gases that make up the planet's exosphere, which is under study by NASA's MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:37:02 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141216183702.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/11/141106082632.htm Several organizations are eligible to name one of 20 to 30 planets, and their host stars, in a unique competition organized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The scheme gives members of the public the chance to name the newly discovered ExoWorlds (which have all been identified and confirmed since 2008). Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:26:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/11/141106082632.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140911135448.htm Blame the 'hot Jupiters.' These large, gaseous exoplanets can make their suns wobble when they wend their way through their own solar systems to snuggle up against their suns, according to new research. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:54:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140911135448.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140730094310.htm Mercury's interior is different from the Earth's interior in a way that explains Mercury's bizarre magnetic field, planetary physicists report. Measurements from NASA's Messenger spacecraft have revealed that Mercury's magnetic field is approximately three times stronger at its northern hemisphere than its southern one. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 09:43:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140730094310.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140709182244.htm Understanding the sun from afar isn't easy. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft -- which orbits Mercury, and so is as close as 28 million miles from the sun versus Earth's 93 million miles -- is near enough to the sun to detect solar neutrons that are created in solar flares. Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:22:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140709182244.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140708153904.htm New simulations show that Mercury and other unusually metal-rich objects in the solar system may be relics left behind by hit-and-run collisions in the early solar system. The origin of planet Mercury has been a difficult question in planetary science because its composition is very different from that of the other terrestrial planets and the moon. Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:39:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140708153904.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140611100055.htm NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:00:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140611100055.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140602115835.htm Two worlds orbiting a distant star are about to become a snack of cosmic proportions. Astronomers announced that the planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star in a short time by astronomical standards. Their ends will come in 130 million and 155 million years, respectively. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:58:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/06/140602115835.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/04/140402153625.htm The surface of Mercury crackled with volcanic explosions for extended periods of the planet's history, according to a new analysis. The findings are surprising considering Mercury wasn't supposed to have explosive volcanism in the first place, and they could have implications for understanding how Mercury formed. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:36:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/04/140402153625.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/03/140316153223.htm 新的全球从博览会成像和地形数据NGER show that the innermost planet has contracted far more than previous estimates. The results are based on a global study of more than 5,900 geological landforms, such as curving cliff-like scarps and wrinkle ridges, that have resulted from the planet's contraction as Mercury cooled. The findings are key to understanding the planet's thermal, tectonic, and volcanic history, and the structure of its unusually large metallic core. Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:32:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/03/140316153223.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130722172824.htm Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the color images of Earth and the moon from its perch in the Saturn system nearly 900 million miles (1.5 billion kilometers) away. MESSENGER, the first probe to orbit Mercury, took a black-and-white image from a distance of 61 million miles (98 million kilometers) as part of a campaign to search for natural satellites of the planet. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:28:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130722172824.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130718130352.htm Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place to take pictures of Earth on July 19 and 20. Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:03:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130718130352.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130710103119.htm The first American man in space had no place "to go," and urinating in space was a tough problem for engineers to solve. A new article discusses the considerations necessary to accommodate this most basic physiological function. Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:31:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130710103119.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130705102102.htm Astronomers have studied the surface of Mercury to better understand if the plains were formed by volcanic flows or composed of material ejected from the planet's giant impact basins. Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:21:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130705102102.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130702123136.htm The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5). These names were backed by voters in a recently held popular contest, aimed at allowing the public to suggest names for the two recently discovered moons of the most famous dwarf planet in the Solar System. Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:31:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/07/130702123136.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130326121734.htm When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the effects. As plumes of gas rose from the impacts, the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project aboard LRO detected the presence of mercury and hydrogen and measured their time evolution as the gas rapidly expanded into the vacuum of space at near-escape velocities. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:17:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130326121734.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130319202406.htm Many spacecraft just fade away, drifting silently through space after their mission is over, but not GRAIL. NASA's twin GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft went out in a blaze of glory Dec. 17, 2012, when they were intentionally crashed into a mountain near the moon's north pole. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:24:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/03/130319202406.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/02/130221115808.htm By analyzing Mercury's rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet's history over billions of years. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:58:08 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/02/130221115808.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/02/130220133551.htm NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun. The planets are located in a system called Kepler-37, about 210 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. The smallest planet, Kepler-37b, is slightly larger than our moon, measuring about one-third the size of Earth. It is smaller than Mercury, which made its detection a challenge. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:35:51 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/02/130220133551.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121212164632.htm Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of another planet. The flyby, 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) away from Earth, gave America its first bona fide space "first" after five years in which the Soviet Union led with several space exploration milestones. Designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the successful Mariner 2 spacecraft ushered in a new era of solar system exploration. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:46:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121212164632.htm