mercury's orbit
41orbit — 1. noun 1) the monthly orbit of the Moon Syn: course, path, circuit, track, trajectory, rotation, revolution, circle; rare circumgyration 2) the problem comes outside our orbit Syn: sphere, sphere of influence …
42Mercury — noun a) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes. b) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god;… …
43Mercury program — noun a program of rocket powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut • Instance Hypernyms: ↑space program …
44MERCURY — 1) the Roman name for the Greek Hermes, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods, the patron of merchants and travellers, and the conductor of the souls of the dead to the nether world. 2) an interior planet of the Solar… …
45Exploration of Mercury — The exploration of Mercury has taken only a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet.JHU/APL (2006). [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and… …
46Transit of Mercury from Mars — A transit of Mercury across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun s disc for an observer on Mars. During a transit, Mercury can be seen from Mars… …
47Transit of Mercury from Saturn — A transit of Mercury across the Sun as seen from Saturn takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Saturn, obscuring a small part of the Sun s disc for an observer on Saturn. During a transit, Mercury can be seen from …
48Transit of Mercury from Venus — A transit of Mercury across the Sun as seen from Venus takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Venus, obscuring a small part of the Sun s disc for an observer on Venus. During a transit, Mercury can be seen from… …
49Transit of Mercury from Jupiter — A transit of Mercury across the Sun as seen from Jupiter takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Jupiter, obscuring a small part of the Sun s disc for an observer on Jupiter. During a transit, Mercury can be seen… …
50Colonization of Mercury — Mercury Mercury has been suggested as one possible target for space colonization of the inner Solar System, along with Mars, Venus, the Moon and the asteroid belt. Permanent colonies would almost certainly be restricted to the polar regions due… …
