Astronomy:Outline of Mercury (planet)

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Mercury (planet)

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical 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 Solar System. Seen from Earth, it appears to move around its orbit in about 116 days. It has no known natural satellites. It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger to the gods.

Classification of Mercury

Location of Mercury

  • Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
    • Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
      • Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the planet closest to the Sun being Mercury
        • Mercury's orbit

Movement of Mercury

Features of Mercury

Natural satellites of Mercury

History of Mercury

History of Mercury –

Exploration of Mercury

Exploration of Mercury

Flyby missions to explore Mercury

Direct missions to explore Mercury

Future of Mercury exploration

Proposed missions to explore Mercury

Mercury in popular culture

  • Mercury in fiction

See also

References

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