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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mercury:

Mercury – smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Its orbital period (about 88 Earth days) is less than any other planet in the Solar System. Seen from Earth, it appears to move around its orbit in about 116 days. It has no known natural satellites. It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger to the gods.

Classification of Mercury

Astronomical object
- Gravitationally rounded object
  - Planet
    - Planet of the Solar System
      - Inferior planet
      - Inner planet
    - Terrestrial planet

Location of Mercury

Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
- Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
  - Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the planet closest to the Sun being Mercury
    - Mercury's orbit

Movement of Mercury

Features of Mercury

Natural satellites of Mercury

Hypothetical moon of Mercury

History of Mercury

History of Mercury –

Future of Mercury exploration

Proposed missions to explore Mercury

Mercury in popular culture

Mercury in fiction

References

External links

Mariner 10 Atlas of Mercury – NASA
Mercury nomenclature and map with feature names from the USGS planetary nomenclature page
MESSENGER Mission web site
Mercury QuickMap from MESSENGER web site
'BepiColombo', ESA's Mercury Mission 5 June 2013

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 == External links ==
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 * [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-423/sp423.htm Mariner 10 Atlas of Mercury – NASA]
-* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MERCURY/target Mercury nomenclature] and [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/mercuryQuadMap map with feature names] from the USGS planetary nomenclature page
+* [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MERCURY/target Mercury nomenclature] and [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/mercuryQuadMap map with feature names] from the USGS planetary nomenclature page
-* [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ ''MESSENGER'' Mission web site]
+* [https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ ''MESSENGER'' Mission web site]
-* [http://messenger-act.actgate.com/msgr_public_released/react_quickmap.html Mercury QuickMap from ''MESSENGER'' web site]
+* [https://messenger.quickmap.io/?extent=171.5662651,90,-171.5662651,-90&proj=5&layers=NrCMBYCYBoAZtA6JIE5YGYn0QOwK4A2h0A3gL4C6yGGoAHNnAHTjQHFlXUXXDi04SRCDoBWNohzsiJXj25A Mercury QuickMap from ''MESSENGER'' web site]
+* [https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo_overview2 'BepiColombo', ESA's Mercury Mission] 5 June 2013
-* [http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mercury.htm SolarViews.com – Mercury]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-* [http://www.astronomycast.com/2007/08/episode-49-mercury/ Astronomy Cast: Mercury]
-* [http://www.geody.com/?world=mercury Geody Mercury] World's search engine that supports [[NASA World Wind]], [[Celestia]], and other applications.
-* [http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Day_On_Mercury/day_on_mercury_full.htm A Day On Mercury] flash animation
-* [http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Mercury.html Mercury articles in Planetary Science Research Discoveries]
-* [http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/BepiColombo_overview2 'BepiColombo', ESA's Mercury Mission] 5 June 2013
-* {{cite web|last=Bauer|first=Amanda|title=Mercury|url=http://www.sixtysymbols.com/videos/mercury.htm|work=Sixty Symbols|publisher=[[Brady Haran]] for the [[University of Nottingham]]|author2=Merrifield, Michael|date=2009}}
-* {{APOD |date=12 June 2013 |title=''MESSENGER'' Satellite's False Color Mercury Globe Spin}}
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