Mercury (planet)
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
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| Location: | Sol system, Alpha Quadrant |
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Mercury (or Sol I) is the first planet in the Sol system and is named after the Roman god Mercury, envoy of the gods according to Earth mythology.
Having only a minimal atmosphere and orbiting Sol at a distance of just 0.39 astronomical units, temperatures on the Mercurian surface range from 100 to 700 Kelvin.
Mercury was seen on a map depicting the Sol system watched by Nomad. (TOS: "The Changeling")
Mercury was featured in an amusing story a holographic Doctor Stephen Hawking told his holographic poker partners Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton and Data. He said that "in that frame of reference the perihelion of Mercury would have precessed in the opposite direction!" Albert Einstein found this "a great story"; Sir Isaac Newton, however, did not understand the joke. (TNG: "Descent")
According to Doctor Chaotica, in the holoprogram The Adventures of Captain Proton, those citizens of Earth who oppose him "will face a dire fate as slaves in the mines of Mercury." (VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!")
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In William Shatner's novel Captain's Glory, Mercury is home to a research facility, stated to be one of the oldest outposts in the Sol system.
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| Planetary bodies in the Sol system |
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| Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune • Pluto |
