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{{Planet
| name =Mercury
| image=Murcurt.jpg
| caption=Reprocessed Mariner 10 data was used to produce this image of Mercury. The smooth band is an area of which no images were taken.
| symbol=Mercury.gif
| diameter=4,880 km
| mass=3.30e23 kg
| order=1
| distance=0.387 AU
| day=58.6 Earth days
| year=88 Earth days
| moons=None known
| composition=Iron, Silicate
| color=Reddish
| date=
| discname=Known to ancients
| origname=Roman god
}}<!--{{Solarsystem}}-->
:''This is about the planet Mercury. For information about the chemical element Mercury see [[Mercury (element)]].''
:''This is about the planet Mercury. For information about the chemical element Mercury see [[Mercury (element)]].''
[[Mercury]] is the smallest planet in the [[Solar System]], and it is the closest to the [[Sun]]. It orbits the [[Sun]] in 88 (Earth) days. It rotates on its axis every 58.6 days,<ref>"The theory that Mercury is in [[synchronous rotation]] with its orbital motion was shattered in 1965. Astronomers Gordon Pettengill and Rolf Dyce used a radio telescope to make radar observations of Mercury’s spin rate. They found that Mercury’s rotation period is only 58.6 Earth days, not the 88 days accepted for nearly a century." [http://btc.montana.edu/messenger/elusive_planet/modern_times.htm]</ref> which is 3 rotations for every two orbits (called "3:2 resonance"). It can be seen from [[Earth]] only at sunrise and sunset. It is named for the Roman messenger god who was known as [[Hermes]] in Greek.
[[Mercury]] is the smallest planet in the [[Solar System]], and it is the closest to the [[Sun]]. It orbits the [[Sun]] in 88 (Earth) days. It rotates on its axis every 58.6 days,<ref>"The theory that Mercury is in [[synchronous rotation]] with its orbital motion was shattered in 1965. Astronomers Gordon Pettengill and Rolf Dyce used a radio telescope to make radar observations of Mercury’s spin rate. They found that Mercury’s rotation period is only 58.6 Earth days, not the 88 days accepted for nearly a century." [http://btc.montana.edu/messenger/elusive_planet/modern_times.htm]</ref> which is 3 rotations for every two orbits (called "3:2 resonance"). It can be seen from [[Earth]] only at sunrise and sunset. It is named for the Roman messenger god who was known as [[Hermes]] in Greek.