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What is the Weather Like on Mercury?
The weather on Mercury, such as it is, consists of extreme highs and extreme lows in temperature, owing to its…
How Long is Day on Mercury?
Due to its rapid orbital period and slow rotation, a day on Mercury lasts 176 days, which is twice as…
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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
MESSENGER Unveiling Mercurys Hidden Secrets
[/caption] NASA’s MESSENGER probe to Mercury, the scorched, innermost planet of our solar system, is sending back so much startling…
Alan Shepard and MESSENGER Stamps Unveiled at Kennedy Space Center Ceremony
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 50 Years ago this week, Alan B. Shepard became the first American to be launched…
Mercury Diagram
[/caption] Here's a Mercury diagram, showing the interior of planet Mercury. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting…
Length of Year on Mercury
[/caption] The length of year on Mercury is 87.969 days. In other words, it takes almost 88 Earth days for…
Mercury Revolution
[/caption] In scientific terms, an orbital revolution is the amount of time it takes for one object to orbit completely…
How Long Does it Take Mercury to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and so it's the fastest to orbit the Sun. In fact,…
Exploration of Mercury
[/caption] As one of the planets visible with the unaided eye, Mercury has been known before recorded history. But until…