- Mercury (planet) - Wikipedia
Mercury is a classical planet that has been observed throughout history and recognized as a planet (or wandering star) In English, it is named after the ancient Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce and communication, and the messenger of the gods
- Mercury - Science@NASA
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and the smallest planet in our solar system - only slightly larger than Earth's Moon
- Mercury | Facts, Color, Size, Symbol | Britannica
Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, and it is also the planet closest to the Sun, making it the most difficult of the planets to see with the unaided eye
- All About Mercury | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Mercury has been known since ancient times because it can be seen without advanced telescopes Because it is so close to the Sun, Mercury is hard to study from Earth
- Planet Mercury, explained | National Geographic
Named for the fleet-footed Roman messenger god, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, zipping around our parent star at an average of 36 million miles away However, Mercury’s orbit is not
- Inside Mercury: What Experimental Geophysics Is Revealing . . .
Mercury doesn’t give up its secrets easily The smallest planet in our Solar System is also one of the most extreme—a Sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas unlike anything found on Earth “We still don’t fully understand how Mercury got to be the way it is,” said Anne Pommier, an experimental geophysicist at Carnegie Science’s Earth and Planets
- Mercury Planet Facts - Science Notes and Projects
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet in the Solar System It gets its name for the Roman god Mercury, who was the swift messenger of the gods
- Mercury, world of extremes | The Planetary Society
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest one to the Sun It's also a little-explored world, full of mystery, with a surface split into extremes and an interior that puzzles scientists Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon
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