Mercury
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Mercury in Orbiter
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Designation
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Name |
Mercury
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Reference body |
Sun
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Number of satellites |
0
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Planetary mean orbits
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Epoch |
J2000 (1 January 2000)
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Semimajor axis (a) |
0.38709893 AU 5.790917567×107 km)
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Eccentricity (e) |
0.20563069
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Inclination (i) |
7.00487° (0.122258 radian)
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Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) |
48.33167° (0.8436468 radian)
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Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) |
77.45645° (1.351870 radian)
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Mean longitude (L) |
252.25084° (4.402608 radian)
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Planetary orbital element centennial rates
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Semimajor axis (a) |
0.00000066 AU/Century
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Eccentricity (e) |
0.00002527 Century-1
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Inclination (i) |
-23.51 seconds/Century
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Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) |
-446.30 seconds/Century
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Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) |
573.57 seconds/Century
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Mean longitude (L) |
538101628.29 seconds/Century
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Selected physical parameters
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Mean radius |
2440 km
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Mass |
3.301880×1023 kg
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Density |
5.427 g/cm3
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Sidereal rotation period |
1407.509 hours
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Sidereal orbit period |
0.2408445 years
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Magnitude V(1,0) |
-0.42
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Geometric albedo |
0.106
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Equatorial gravity |
3.701 m/s2
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Escape velocity |
4.435 km/s
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SOI radius (estimated) |
28385 km
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Rotation elements
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North pole right ascension (α1) |
280.99°
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North pole declination (δ1) |
61.44°
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Obliquty of ecliptic |
7.01°
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Longitude of Sun's transit |
228.31°
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Note |
*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
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