Thread: Progress of Messenger in the Solar system
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Old 25-March-2006, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Lord Jubjub
Mercury is approximately as far from the Sun as the Earth. It will be just outside of Earth orbit for the next few weeks.
I think you mean that Messenger is just outside Earth's orbit.

Messenger actually gets to Mercury in 2008, but has several fly-bys as the orbit adjusts so that it can get into orbit around Mercury rather than the Sun. There is a good diagram on the project site.

Nineplanets also has a good page on Mercury itself.
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