Mercury
first planet from the Solar System and smallest among all, tellurian and with extreme temperatures
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Summary
Mercury is an inner planet of the Solar System[1]. Mercury draws 45,371 Wikipedia views per month (inner planet of the solar system category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: inferior planet[3]
- Named after: Mercury[4], Hermes[5]
- Location: inner Solar System[6]
- Part of: inner Solar System[7]
- Has use: colonization of Mercury[8]
- Commons category: Mercury (planet)[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Child astronomical body: Mercury's moon[11]
- Unicode character: ☿[12]
- Has part(s): atmosphere of Mercury[13]
- Highest point: Caloris Montes[14]
- IPA transcription: mɛʁˈkuːɐ̯[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mercury (planet)[16]
- Commons gallery: Mercury (planet)[17]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.20563593[18]
- Flattening: 0[19]
- Apparent magnitude: 1.9[20]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27]
- Topic has template: Template:Mercury (planet)[28], Template:GeoTemplate/mercury[29]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/mercury[30]
- Demonym: Mercurien[31]
- Has characteristic: Mercury's magnetic field[32]
- Different from: Merkury[33]
- Orbital inclination: 7.00497902 degree[34]
- Area: 74,800,000 km²[35]
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Mercury include Wednesday[36], a day of the week[37]; Mercury Islands[38], an island group[39], in New Zealand[40]; and Mercury Glacier[41], a glacier[42].
Why It Matters
Mercury has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Mercury is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Mercury include Wednesday[36], a day of the week[37]; Mercury Islands[38], an island group[39], in New Zealand[40]; and Mercury Glacier[41], a glacier[42].