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| {{wiktionary|Mercury|mercury}} | | {{Infobox planet |
| | |name = Mercury |
| | |native name = |
| | |image = Mercury.png |
| | |alt = |
| | |caption = Mars as seen by [[Wikipedia:MESSENGER|''MESSENGER'']], 2008 |
| | |system = [[Sol system|Sol]], I |
| | |moons = |
| | |satellites = |
| | |diameter = 4,879 km |
| | |day_length = 58.646 earth days |
| | |year_length = 87.97 earth days |
| | |gravity = 0.38 g |
| | |atmosphere = |
| | |temperature = 100−700 K |
| | |adjective = Mercurian |
| | |population = 431,000 |
| | |government = [[United Mercurian Confederation]] |
| | }} |
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| '''Mercury''' most commonly refers to: | | '''Mercury''' is the smallest planet in the [[Sol system]] and the closest to Sol. It was first settled in 2085 by the ''Hermes'' colonial venture. Its goal was to establish a permanent human presence on Mercury, with humans living in [[Dome cities|dome cities]] in craters located in the permanent twilight zone of Mercury, which is an area where the Sun never fully rises or sets, allowing for more manageable temperatures as well as permanent solar power. |
| * [[Mercury (planet)]], the nearest planet to the Sun
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| * [[Mercury (element)]], a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
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| * [[Mercury (mythology)]], a Roman god
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| '''Mercury''' or '''The Mercury''' may also refer to:
| | ==Etymology== |
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| | ==Physical characteristics== |
| | ===Size and shape=== |
| | ===Chemical composition=== |
| | ===Internal structure=== |
| | ===Tectonic plates=== |
| | ===Surface=== |
| | ===Gravitational field=== |
| | ===Magnetic field=== |
| | ==Orbit and rotation== |
| | ===Rotation=== |
| | ===Orbit=== |
| | ===Axial tilt=== |
| | ==Life== |
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| == Companies ==
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| * [[Mercury (company)]], a financial technology company
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| * [[Mercury (toy manufacturer)]], a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy
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| * [[Mercury Communications]], a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s
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| * [[Mercury Corporation]], an American aircraft manufacturer
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| * [[Mercury Cyclecar Company]], a defunct American car company
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| * [[Mercury Drug]], a Philippine pharmacy chain
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| * [[Mercury Energy]], an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand
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| * [[Mercury Filmworks]], a Canadian independent animation studio
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| * [[Mercury General]], a multiple-line American insurance organization
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| * [[Mercury Interactive]], a software testing tools vendor
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| * [[Mercury Marine]], a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors
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| * [[Mercury Systems]], a defense-related information technology company
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| * [[Mercury Truck & Tractor Company]], a defunct English manufacturer of industrial vehicles
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| * Shenzhen Mercury Communication Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese market subsidiary of [[TP-Link]]
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| == Computing ==
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| * [[Mercury (programming language)]], a functional logic programming language
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| * [[Mercury (metadata search system)]], a data search system for earth science research
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| * [[Ferranti Mercury]], an early 1950s commercial computer
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| * [[Mercury Browser]], a freeware mobile browser
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| * [[Mercury Mail Transport System]], an email server
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| == Film and television==
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| * [[Mercury (film)|''Mercury'' (film)]], a 2018 Indian silent horror thriller by Karthik Subbaraj
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| * [[Mercury (TV series)|''Mercury'' (TV series)]], an Australian television series
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| * [[List of RWBY characters#Mercury Black|Mercury Black]], a character in the ''RWBY'' web series
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| * [[Sailor Mercury]], a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga and anime franchise
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| ==Literature==
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| ===Comics===
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| * [[Mercury (Marvel Comics)]], a character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance
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| * [[Makkari (comics)]] or Mercury, an Eternal, a Marvel Comics race of superhumans
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| * Mercury, a member of the [[Metal Men]], a DC Comics team
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| * Mercury, a member of [[Cerebro's X-Men]]
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| * Mercury, an [[List of Amalgam Comics characters#JLX #1|Amalgam Comics character]]
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| ===Magazines===
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| * [[Mercury (magazine)|''Mercury'' (magazine)]], an astronomy magazine
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| * ''[[The American Mercury]]'', originally a literary magazine, gradually more political
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| ===<span class="anchor" id="papers"></span>Newspapers===
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| * [[The Mercury (Hobart)|''The Mercury'' (Hobart)]], Tasmania, Australia
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| * [[The Mercury (South Africa)|''The Mercury'' (South Africa)]], Durban
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| * [[The Mercury (Pennsylvania)|''The Mercury'' (Pennsylvania)]], US
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| * [[Mercury (Newport)|''Mercury'' (Newport)]], Rhode Island, US
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| * ''The Mercury'', former name of the ''[[Reading Mercury]]''
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| * [[The Mercury News]], San Jose, California daily newspaper
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| * [[List of newspapers named Mercury|List of newspapers named ''Mercury'']], for newspapers whose titles include that word
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| ===Novels===
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| * [[Mercury (Bova novel)|''Mercury'' (Bova novel)]], a novel by Ben Bova
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| * [[Mercury (Livesey novel)|''Mercury'' (Livesey novel)]], a novel by Margot Livesey
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| * ''Mercury'', a novel by [[Anna Kavan]]
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| ==Music==
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| * [[Mercury Nashville]], a record label
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| * [[Mercury Records]], a record label
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| * [[Mercury Prize]], an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom
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| * "[[Mercury, the Winged Messenger]]", a movement in Gustav Holst's ''The Planets''
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| ===Albums===
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| * [[Mercury (American Music Club album)|''Mercury'' (American Music Club album)]] (1993)
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| * [[Mercury (Longview album)|''Mercury'' (Longview album)]] (2003)
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| * [[Mercury (Madder Mortem album)|''Mercury'' (Madder Mortem album)]] (1999)
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| * ''[[Mercury – Act 1]]'' (2021), by Imagine Dragons
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| * ''[[Mercury – Act 2|Mercury – Acts 1 & 2]]'' (2022), by Imagine Dragons
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| ===Songs===
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| * [[Mercury (song)|"Mercury" (song)]], a 2008 song by Bloc Party
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| * "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]''
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| * "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from ''[[Failer]]''
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| * "Mercury", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister from ''[[Planetarium (album)|Planetarium]]''
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| ==Military==
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| * [[Operation Mercury]], codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II
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| * [[Boeing E-6 Mercury]], an American aircraft used as an airborne command post and communications relay
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| * [[Miles Mercury]], a British aircraft designed during the Second World War
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| * {{HMS|Mercury}}, various vessels or shore establishments of that name
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| * {{USS|Mercury}}, seven vessels of that name
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| * {{ship|Russian brig|Mercury}}, an 1820 warship
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| * [[Mercury (pigeon)]], honored for bravery during World War II
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| ==People==
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| * [[Mercury (name)]], including a list of people with that surname or given name
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| ==Places==
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| * [[Mercury, Savoie]], a commune in southeastern France
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| * [[Mercury Bay]], New Zealand
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| * Mercury, a [[List of places in Alabama|place in Alabama]]
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| * [[Mercury, Nevada]], a closed city within the Nevada Test Site, United States
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| * [[Mercury, Texas]], United States
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| == Plants ==
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| * [[Mercury (plant)]], members of the plant genus ''Mercurialis''
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| * [[Annual mercury]] (''Mercurialis annua''), a species of flowering plant
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| * [[English Mercury|English mercury]], or mercury goosefoot (''Blitum bonus-henricus''), a species of goosefoot
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| == Radio ==
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| * [[Mercury FM]], a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
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| * [[Mercury 96.6]] or Heart Hertfordshire, a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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| ==Sports==
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| * [[Edmonton Mercurys]], a 1940s and 1950s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada
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| * [[Fujita Soccer Club Mercury]], a Japanese women's football team active from 1989 to 1999
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| * [[Memphis Mercury]], American women's soccer team
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| * [[Phoenix Mercury]], a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States
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| * [[Toledo Mercurys]], a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States
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| ==Theatres==
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| * [[Mercury Theatre (disambiguation)]], a list of Mercury theatres
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| ==Vehicles==
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| ===Air===
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| * [[Blackburn Mercury]], a British aircraft from 1911
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| * [[Bristol Mercury]], a nine-cylinder aircraft engine
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| ===Land===
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| * [[Mercury (automobile)]], brand of automobiles produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1938 to 2011
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| * [[Mercury (cyclecar)]], an American cyclecar from 1914
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| * [[Mercury (train)|''Mercury'' (train)]], a family of New York Central streamliner passenger trains (1936–1958)
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| ===Sea===
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| * {{ship||Mercury|ship}}, several ships of that name
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| * [[Cape Cod Mercury 15]], an American sailboat design
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| * [[Mercury 18]], an American sailboat design
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| ===Space===
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| * [[Project Mercury]], a United States human spaceflight program, 1958–1963
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| * [[Mercury (satellite)]], a series of American spy satellites
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| ==Other uses==
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| * ''[[Archer Maclean's Mercury]]'', a 2005 PlayStation Portable video game
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| * [[Mercury (cipher machine)]], a 1950s British cipher machine
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| * [[Mercury Boulevard]] in Virginia, United States
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| * [[Mercury Cinema]], a theatre in Adelaide, Australia
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| * [[Shuttle America]]'s callsign
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| * [[The Mercury Mall]], a shopping centre in Romford, England
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| ==See also==
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| {{Commons|mercury}}
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| * {{look from}}
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| * ''[[The American Mercury]]'', an American magazine published from 1924 to 1981
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| * [[Mercuri]], a surname and list of people with the surname
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| * [[Mercury 1 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 2 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 3 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 4 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 5 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 6 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 7 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury 8 (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury City (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury FM (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury House (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury mission (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury program (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[Mercury project (disambiguation)]]
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| * {{in title|Mercury}}
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