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Mekuri (planet)

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Mekuri (planet)
inferior planet, inner planet of the Solar System
Part ofinner Solar System Chenj-am
Has usecolonization of Mercury Chenj-am
IPA transcriptionmɛʁˈkuːɐ̯ Chenj-am
Named afterMercury Chenj-am
DemonymMercurien Chenj-am
Locationinner Solar System Chenj-am
Highest pointCaloris Montes Chenj-am
Studied inexploration of Mercury Chenj-am
Discoverer or inventorunknown value Chenj-am
Time of discovery or inventionunknown value Chenj-am
Site of astronomical discoveryunknown value Chenj-am
Child astronomical bodyMercury's moon Chenj-am
Parent astronomical bodySun Chenj-am
Geography of topicsurface of Mercury Chenj-am
Has characteristicMercury's magnetic field Chenj-am
EpochJ2000.0 Chenj-am
Stack Exchange taghttps://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/mercury Chenj-am
Unicode character Chenj-am

Mercury bi di fes planet from Sun and di smallest for di Sola System. For Inglish and Naijá, e nem kom from di nem of di Roman god Mekurius (Mekuri), god of kommers and komunikaeshon, and di mesenja to di gods. Mekuri dey klasifaid as a terrestrial planet, wit rofli du saem surfais graviti as Mars. Di surfais of Mekuri dey kraetad hevili, as a risolt of kauntles impat events wey don akumulaet ova bilions of years. E lajes kraeta, Kaloris Planitia, get a daiameta of 1,550 km (960 mi) and wan-thord di daiameta of di planet (4,880 km or 3,030 mi). Simila to di Earth Moon, Mekuri surfais dey displei expansiv rups system wey jeneraet from thrust fults and braiht ray systems wey dey fomd bai impat event remnants.

Di enshent pipo sabi Mekuri wit diferen diferen nem dependin on weda e bi evnin star or monin star. Bai abaut 350 BC, di enshent Greeks don aulredi rialaiz say di tuw stars na di saem. Dem sabi di planet as Στίλβων Stilbōn, wey mean "twinklin", and Ἑρμής Hermēs, for e fleetin moshon,Templet:LSJ, Templet:LSJ. a nem wey di moden Greek ritaen (Ερμής Ermis).[1] Di Romans nem di planet afta di Roman mesenja god wey get swift-foot, Mekuri (Latin Mekurius), wey Dem tek as equal wit di Greek Hemes, bekaus e dey muv akros for skai fasta than eni oda planet.[2][3] Di astronomikal symbol for Mekuri bi di stylaizd vashon of Hemes' caduceus; a Kristian kross kom dey added for di 16th centuri:☿.[4][5]

  1. "Diferen Greek Nem for di Planets". April 25, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2024. Emis bi di Greek nem of di planet Mekuri, wey bi di kloses planet to di Sun. E nem kom from di nem of di Greek God of kommers, Emis or Hemes, wey also bi di mesenja to di Enshent Greek gods. Also si di Greek atikul abaut di planet.
  2. Dunne, James A.; Burgess, Eric (1978). "Chapter Wan". Di Voyaij of Marina 10 – Mision to Venus and Mekuri. NASA Histri Ofis. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. Antoniadi, Eugène Michel (1974). Di Planet Mekuri. Translated from French by Moore, Patrick. Shaldon, Devon: Keith Reid Ltd. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-0-904094-02-2.
  4. Duncan, John Charles (1946). Astronomi: A Textbook. Harper & Brothers. p. 125. Di symbol for Mekuri dey represent di Caduceus, a wand wit tuw sapents wey dey twain araund am, wey di mesenja of di gods.dey kari.
  5. Jones, Alexander (1999). Astronomikal papiri from Oxyrhynchus. Amerikan Filosofikal Sosaiti. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9780871692337. E dey posibul nau to tres di medival symbols for at least foh of di faiv planets to foms wey dey okur for som of di laetes papirus horoskops ([ P.Oxy. ] 4272, 4274, 4275 [...]). Mekuri bi a stylaizd caduceus.