Planet Mercury

Welcome to Planet Mercury
A website about the planet Mercury

Mecury is the first planet in our solar system. Named for the messenger god, Mercury is sometimes placed as the morning or evening star.

Being an inner planet, that is within Earth orbit, it never appears very far away from the Sun, so learning when the optimal times when Venus is furthest away from the Sun, it ket to observing Mercury. In this website we calculate those times known as "Elongations."

Today in Astronomy History
courtesy of astroplanet.info

July 26, 1958
The Explorer 4 satellite is launched by the US Department of Defense.

July 26, 1963
The World's first geosynchronous satellite is launched, Syncom 2.

July 26, 1971
NASA launches Apollo 15