
Ep. 627: Mercury Revisited
Astronomy Cast
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The Gap Arter Dismantled by the Star Yat a Possible?
Two spacecraft are flying together, and will become two spacecraft once they get to mercury. Mercury is like the hardest planet to reach in the solar system because you've got rid of all the earth's orbital velocity to get there. So it's taking a very tortured journey. This spacecraft was named in 19 99. It's been years since it launched. I don't even remember it's lunch any more. Nd it finally gets there in 20 25. And so that's a seven year journey, basically, to get to a world that isn't that far away. But the p is, you have to match its orbit just right, or you fall into the sun.
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