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    Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. In English, it is named after the Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of...
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  • up Mercury or mercury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mercury most commonly refers to: Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun Mercury (element)...
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    Vulcan /ˈvʌlkən/ was a theorized planet that some pre-20th century astronomers thought existed in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. Speculation about...
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    The exploration of Mercury has a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet. As of 2015, the Mariner 10 and...
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    eight planets: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The word planet probably...
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  • 561 Mercury grazers known. (Values have been rounded to three decimals.) List of Venus-crossing minor planets List of Earth-crossing minor planets List...
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  • geological features on Mercury is an itemization of mountains, valleys, craters and other landform features of the planet Mercury. Different types of features...
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    depictions of Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System, have gone through three distinct phases. Before much was known about the planet, it received...
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    transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet. During a transit, Mercury appears...
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  • guide to Mercury: Mercury – smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Its orbital period (about 88 Earth days) is less than any other planet in the...
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    Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn. Greek astronomers such as Geminus and Ptolemy recorded these classical planets during classical antiquity...
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    Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets accepted by the IAU are the inner planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Among astronomers...
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    Mercury, being the closest to the Sun, with a weak magnetic field and the smallest mass of the recognized terrestrial planets, has a very tenuous and...
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    every individual. The personal planets are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars. The social or transpersonal planets are Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter...
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  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo) is a Japanese mecha anime series and...
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  • originally "Mercury Power, Make-up!" As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Mercury Star, Planet, or...
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    Astronomy on Mercury is the sky as viewed from the planet Mercury. Because Mercury only has a thin atmosphere, the sky will be black. Due to the proximity...
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  • seven planets represented by portraits of the seven corresponding gods, each a bust with a halo and an iconic object or dress, as follows: Mercury has a...
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    Budha (section Planet)
    Budha (Sanskrit: बुध) is the Sanskrit word for the planet Mercury. Budha is also a god of Planet Mercury. He is also known as Somaya, Rohinaya, and rules...
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    a planet's orbit's size in relation to the Earth's. When Earth is stated or assumed to be the reference point: "Inferior planet" refers to Mercury and...
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  • Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and lacks any natural satellites. An undiscovered moon orbiting the planet was hypothesized to exist in the early...
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    Holst listed Mercury as "no. 1", which Greene suggests raises the possibility that the composer's first idea was simply to depict the planets in the obvious...
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    the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface...
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    named craters on Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Mercury). Most Mercurian craters...
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  • Collision Earth (category Fiction set on Mercury (planet))
    year 2029, the Nautilus spacecraft is getting prepared to land on the planet Mercury. On board is Commander Marshall Donnington, Pilot Lee Tahon, and Flight...
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  • problems. Le Verrier suggested that another hypothetical planet might exist to account for Mercury's behavior. The previously successful search for Neptune...
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  • Buddha (Sanskrit: बुद्ध) which is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury (planet). Soumya also means Shubhagrahas or benefics as opposed to Papagrahas...
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    (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric...
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    Solar System (redirect from Inner planet)
    objects that orbit the Sun are the eight planets. In order from the Sun, they are four terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars); two gas giants...
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    inner planet should not be confused with inferior planet, which designates those planets that are closer to the Sun than Earth is (i.e. Mercury and Venus)...
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