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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Mercury
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:MercuryScrshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Mercury in Orbiter'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|width="30%"|Name||align="right" width="30%"|Mercury
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|0
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="50%"|3.30188×10<sup>23</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Mean Radius||align="right" width="50%"|2.44×10<sup>6</sup> m
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|width="30%"|Gravitational moments||align="right" width="50%"|J<sub>2</sub>=6×10<sup>-5</sup>
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|width="30%"|Siderial day||align="right" width="30%"|5.067×10<sup>6</sup> s
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|width="30%"|Orbital period||align="right" width="30%"|7.601×10<sup>6</sup> s<br>(87.975 days)
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|width="30%"|Obliquity of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|7.01°
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere||align="right" width="30%"|No
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere||align="right" width="30%"|No
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)
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|width="30%"|Semi-major axis||align="right" width="30%"|5.7909×10<sup>10</sup> m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity||align="right" width="30%"|0.20563
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|width="30%"|Inclination||align="right" width="30%"| 7.00°
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|width="30%"|Longitude of ascending node||align="right" width="30%"| 48.33°
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis||align="right" width="30%"|77.46°
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|width="30%"|Mean Longitude||align="right" width="30%"| 165.42°
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|width="30%"|Precession period||align="right" width="30%"| 2726.429203 years
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Mercury is the closest planet in our [[Solar System]] to the [[Sun]]. Mercury is a barren, rocky planet that that is littered with craters. The solid ground and low gravity make it ideal for a spaceship landing. The planet to this date has only been visited by two unmanned probes probes.
 
Mercury is the closest planet in our [[Solar System]] to the [[Sun]]. Mercury is a barren, rocky planet that that is littered with craters. The solid ground and low gravity make it ideal for a spaceship landing. The planet to this date has only been visited by two unmanned probes probes.

Revision as of 03:08, 11 June 2021

Mercury
MercuryScrshot.jpg
Mercury in Orbiter
Designation
Name Mercury
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites 0
Physical parameters
Mass 3.30188×1023 kg
Mean Radius 2.44×106 m
Gravitational moments J2=6×10-5
Siderial day 5.067×106 s
Orbital period 7.601×106 s
(87.975 days)
Obliquity of ecliptic 7.01°
Atmosphere No
Atmosphere No
Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)
Semi-major axis 5.7909×1010 m
Eccentricity 0.20563
Inclination 7.00°
Longitude of ascending node 48.33°
Longitude of periapsis 77.46°
Mean Longitude 165.42°
Precession period 2726.429203 years


Mercury is the closest planet in our Solar System to the Sun. Mercury is a barren, rocky planet that that is littered with craters. The solid ground and low gravity make it ideal for a spaceship landing. The planet to this date has only been visited by two unmanned probes probes.

Object Information about Mercury in Orbiter 2016
Name Mercury

Add-ons

  • Mariner 10 - Historically the first probe to use gravitational assists and first probe to visit Mercury. It made three fly-by's of Mercury between November 1973 and March 1974, but did not enter orbit. This probe is modeled in Orbiter in an add-on made by user "missleman01": GEP - Mariner 10 [1]
  • MESSENGER - Historically the first probe to enter orbit around Mercury. After three fly-by's between January 2008 and September 2009, it entered an highly elliptical orbit around Mercury on March 18th, 2011. This probe is modeled in Orbiter in several add-ons [2]
  • Mercury Level 9 Textures at Orbit Hangar The texture was created using mosaics of the planet Mercury with pictures taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2011

References

External links


edit The Solar System
Central star

Sun (Sol)

Planets

Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune

Natural satellites

Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more...

Add-ons

Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems

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