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- The planet Mercury is named after the messenger of the Roman gods because of its fleeting nature across the sky. Find out the reason behind its incredible speed, if it is indeed the hottest planet in the Solar System, and why the smallest planet in the solar system is slowly shrinking.
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Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is full of many mysteries. What intrigues you the most about the planet closest to the sun?
Someone please tell me what is the colour of mercury? gray or which is shown on thimbnail... This question is in my mind from a few time ago
Will this ever be telecasted on TV ?
+black sand mostly its colour is shown as blue, orange sparkle colour, its shown in video's thumbnail and on wikipedia mercury page also. So which one is true
thanks I was thinking like that, but then I was confused why wikipedia have the picture of mercury that we can't see
That it is the closest to the sun still not the hottest planet in the solar system,the crown goes to Venus due to it's greenhouse gas effect.
"Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System"
Pluto: *_They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine and you are not really fine but you just can't get into it because they would never understand._*
Hahahaha🤣
*B U T I S N T P L U T O A D W A R F P L A N E T ?*
😅😅
Pluto is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really tiny
Countrycowboy08 😂😂😂😂😂
The shot at 02:43 is crazy, Mercury is sooo far from the sun but in this shot it looks like it's as far as our moon to earth. Makes you realise how HUGE our sun is.
ikr
And she said that Mercury's circumference is basically the U.S.. Just look at how many two day car drives that is 😳😨😳
Im the biggest star
Then you realize our sun isn’t even a pebble when compared to some of the monster stars in our galaxy
Or just how small we are
What if aliens lived in Mercury, they would have a thin voice because of Helium 😂
Legend
The Chipmunks would be our translators
Given that their form of communication works the same as ours
zaimah Begum-Diamond absolutely 😂
Callate wey
i didn't know that people actually cared about me-
Hey Mercury! Are you the moon of venus or not?
@Yin youtube is not social media
we love you little one
Blinky the Ghost bruh it is
Blinky the Ghost I think you missed the point.
I love how National Geographic portrays every planet as special and unique in its own way. If I was the planet I would feel really appreciated
Pluto is not planet :pluto is dwarf planet!!!
@@befikerdagim4662 this video is about Mercury
I love Mercury. I wanna hug it.
ME TOO !!!
me too
1
Thx guys I need the support for being closest to the sun :)
lol
"Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system."
Pluto: Am I a joke to you?
Yeeeaahh, I don't know if your jokin' but, Pluto ain't a planet anymore.
Yes it is a joke actually. Because scientists dont consider a planet anymore
Pluto is no longer considered a plain planet because of it's small size. The issue is that they found a huge amount of tiny planets in it's size . We would have a huge amount of planets in the solar system if we count those. So basically they eliminated pluto to keep things simple.
@@hassaneinalassadi8840 nope , it just doesnt clear its orbit around its debris
@@rajdehoo6993 that might be a second reason for not considering it a planet. But still the main reason is it's small size
If Earth is the third planet from Sun after Mercury and Venus
Doesn't that make every country a third world country?
What do you mean
we are a third world planet..
Third class planet 😄😄..We have been proving it day by day...
Illuminati wants to know your location
He's out of line but he's right
It's weird that you never mentioned Mercury's rotation. While it takes Mercury 88 Earth days to revolve around the Sun, it takes almost 58 days & 15 hours for the planet to rotate. So 1 Earth day in Mercury is almost 59 Earth days.
True
I see I Earth day = almost2 months on Murcury
"1 earth day in mercury is almost 59 earth days".. i fail to grasp the meaning😂😂 1 mercury day is equal to 59 earth days would be more understandable
What is so amazing, humans are able to study all these so well. Bless us
Love these “101” videos! Keep them coming ♥️
Absolutely
Now youve got 101 likes
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I want to know the secrets of Uranus.
why does this joke never get old
It whispers unspeakable things
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it never does get old
Classic 😂
@@greenthizzle4 *Uranus:* this guy eats orange flavored pudding.... where do you even get that stuff!?!?
"Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system"
Pluto : 😢
Pluto's species : dislikes this video
Pluto is a planet!
He is nice!
Pluto isn’t a planet
Blinky the Ghost Pluto isn’t a planet
@@ppthroat then what is it then just a piece of ice and rock in space?
NightCyberツ nope, it is a dwarf planet
0:45 OMG my organs!
Vbm
thank you for adding metric and celcius.
Mercury
@@yasminbissessar7304 Yes?
Thankyou so much for these videos, iv been able to keep up on my studies because of you!!!
Very interesting indeed. Love this stuff. Thank you.
Sending love to Mercury from Earth 💕 💕 💕
The solar system, planets and space I have an interest in. Thanks for sharing the info.
Its amazing i got more knowledge it s great already my daughter learning about space thank u for national geographic
Que interesante es Mercurio!
I wanna know how they discover the composition of the planets.
Spectrograph
The rocks
More like this please!
The size of the core and atmosphere that contains oxygen surprises me. I wonder how can Nasa tells us the fact about the size of Mercury's core? Like what method did they use?
Mostly these days they probably got it off CZcams; what with budget cuts and the private sector robbing the funding intended for the space program blind on the pretext that they can, "magically," do it better cheaper and more efficiently when in fact so far they haven't done anything much at all and probably won't ever; but still at huge public expense.
It was much the same with railways.
They just kinda guess it (calculate size and density do there magic guessing and voila)
A lot of observations and a lot of math.
“To figure out what the core of Mercury is made of, Genova and his colleagues had to get, figuratively, closer. The team used several observations from the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, GEochemistry and Ranging) mission to probe the interior of Mercury. The researchers looked, most importantly, at the planet’s spin and gravity.
The MESSENGER spacecraft entered orbit around Mercury in March 2011, and spent four years observing this nearest planet to our Sun until it was deliberately brought down to the planet’s surface in April 2015.
Radio observations from MESSENGER were used to determine the gravitational anomalies (areas of local increases or decreases in mass) and the location of its rotational pole, which allowed scientists to understand the orientation of the planet.
...As MESSENGER orbited Mercury over the course of its mission, and got closer and closer to the surface, scientists recorded how the spacecraft accelerated under the influence of the planet’s gravity. The density structure of a planet can create subtle changes in a spacecraft’s orbit.
...Genova and his team put data from MESSENGER into a sophisticated computer program that allowed them to adjust parameters and figure out what the interior composition of Mercury must be like to match the way it spins and the way the spacecraft accelerated around it.”
NASA
@@Keithustus Thanks so much for that explanation. Wonderfully encapsulated.
Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system
Pluto: *am I a joke to you?*
xD
No. But actually Yes
Thank to Messenger and Mariner, we know a bit more about mercury now.
*Thank you NASA, Thank you US Taxpayers :)
Planetx
Ok
Iam a sci lover so l love to take information about planets they are awesome and more interesting 🧐. Love sci
I love you’re guys books there are amazing make more books please!!!!!
Yeah your right
Incredibly fascinating! Thanks, NatGeo!!
The Planet is my second favorite Mercury :)
More like this please.
Amazing marvellous magician Mercury ✨👼✨
"Mercury Is the smallest planet in our solar system"
Pluto: *_Hello darkness my old friend_*
Pluto isn't a planet
Copy
Learning in CZcams better than learning In School
Thank you to introduce my cutie child :')
Yes :)
hi, i'm uranus.
I am neptunus give me more light please I am very cold
Twin?
I love learning about space 😊😊😊
Now knowing that 1 year on Mercury is 88 days makes me question how old I really am. 🤔
earth time cycle
365(day)*12(month)=4380 days
4380(day)*10(year)=43800 days
mercury time cycle
365(day)-88(day)=277 days
88(day)*12(month) = 1056 days
1056(day)*10(year)=10560 days
10560(day)%365(day)=28months
28(month)%12(month)=2years
thats means ten years on earth is just 2 and half years on mercury and you can scape 8 years of oldness by staying at mercury in 10 years lol
@@StrikerCup79I skipped your mathematical computation cause I am too lazy to save it inside my brain but yeah
@@lumpyspace3045 hahah i thought it was easy to memories it since i did
idk why i didnt even used calculator for this.
,, Amazing video and Amazing knowledge,,
These are awesome 👌 facts about mercury
The bigger the core is the more it will shrunk.
After so many years in school. I found out that it's easier to learn here
Excellent video!
November 11th 2019, Transit of Mercury!
Been binging space vids
Mars is so beautiful when it appears on the horizon...its red!!!
How did the ancients know about the planets and the details about them ? Wow
I love 101 series ❤ thankyou nat geo 🥜
Mercury is difficult to understand the facts but for me I am interesting on space and planet because of Superman and Green Lantern , this channel is very good I remember the planets at space except I know a little bit about Earth and Mars .
Lesson learned:You can learn more useful things on CZcams than School.
"Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system. "
Pluto: *Intense crying*
Phenomenal
The music at 1:40 is awesome. Please link the song or artist if possible.
Funny how we know a lot about other planets just by looking at it.
XxSAMOAN HULKxX what are you saying?
@@cons6572 That scientists obviously don't even know what they're talking about most of the time. LMAO, how on earth do they know Mercury's core size?
@@faithalways8537 Do you even try to research this stuff before asking random people on the Internet?
@@nerdzy8454 Yes. I've seen textbooks and websites. There's no wrong in the fact that scientists most of the time have no idea what they're talking about. Theories, theories, and more theories.
@@faithalways8537 You understand what a scientific theory is, correct? I scientific theory has evidence and can be tested or proven.
Sun in Gemini mercury in Gemini I can relate
The explanation was very good
This is giving me a lot about mercury
😍 love the voice.
1:13 So Mercury is turning into a Pizza ?
No
That’s so cool!
Fascinating planet.
Oh goodness, loved this. Would love to know more of the other planets. Pluto too, I don't care if NASA says it's not a planet. For me it is :] This was so interesting.
It's fascinating to think about how much there is to learn about what exists beyond the Earth. We're glad you enjoyed watching!
National Geographic Hi! Thank you for replying. :] Yes! We can all learn so much indeed.
@Dark Happiness can you please tell me when NASA said that mercury is no longer a planet?
Swift & fleeting=dynamic
The repetition of those words over and over annoyed me lol
I love lil Klips like dis I can go thru & scroll watch wen I’m high at pretty interesting I love life 🤙🏽
thnx natgeo for this beautiful videos
How they know about Mercury's core size?
That exactly what i'm thinking. Even earth's core is still no one know precisly.
infra red rays
@@assemadel1404 Wow cool, what range of infrared can knows core of planet size? NIR, LWIR, MWIR, SWIR or what? Thanks
They are just guessing.
They don't. They're just guessing - what most scientists do anyways smh. These facts are interesting honestly, but sometimes they're so unbelievable it's laughable.
The visual comparisons and animation are very nice. Thank you!
It just looks so nice looking
Nice video.....Very informative
This is so interesting!!
Fun fact: Mercury’s orbit keeps changing due to special relativity
All planets do, but the changes for other planets are too small for us to measure through observation.
Amazing...
Love from Mercury ❤️
At 2:42 The date at the bottom of the screen is the day I was born. My teacher assigned me this and I just thought what an awesome coincidence It was to have my exact birth date in the video.
Ffffffff....i just noticed , its my birthday too...but my age was 8 then
Endless universe.. 🌌
Amazing facts 😍😍🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊
Nat Geo is my favorite channel
If you listen to it carefully.
It will sing Bohemian Rhapsody
Yesss 😂
1:54 mercury looks cute comparing to *SUN*
He tiny
Favorite Planet🌠💗
I have to watch this for school:p
How do they know if a planet has a core or not? How do they know how big (the core) it is? And also the mantle and crust
by calculation and measures and radiowaves
“Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system”
Pluto: *cries*
Pluto is not a planet anymore
When I was a kid I used to think the Mercury Used in Thermometers was brought from the planet Mercury, so now when I remember that, I get a feeling that I was dumb
Wow Mercury is my favorite planet
Hmmm, 🤔
Evidently this video was uploaded one year ago today. 👍😊
Makes sense.
Mercury - Planet, liquid, element, Immortal rock god
Cool, but no mention of the precession of the perihelion? That's the most interesting bit!
Mercury is wonderful.
Here is an amazing fact about Mercury. Its rotation is so slow, you could have two birthdays in one day. Thats because its solar day lasts 176 Earth days, while its year lasts 88 E days.
and it has 2 sunsets
How do you know what is inside Mercury , did you went inside to check it.
Observation from earth and outerspace.
GRANADIER FC Infra red rays
@@dimzdimz4850 Yeah but there's only so much you can make of from observation. I don't believe anything is a fact from what the video describes. They (NASA recruits) have never stepped foot inside Mercury, so for all we know, some information could be false. I'm also not saying observations are pointless but I'm saying, there's only so much technology and the human eye can see. The same goes for all the other planets.
@@DingleDut Finally someone with common sense. These "facts", don't get me wrong, are quite interesting but so... Unbelievable. Literally. I'm not saying they're wrong. Like who I am to question scientists? Lol, but it's so weird how they can know so much about these planets just by looking at them and not even stepping foot inside them. We don't even know the actual size of Earth's core itself. How are they so certain Mercury's core size is that big? Like what device or method did they use? Did they step foot into it's core? Lol... I'm just being real here XD
@@faithalways8537 Some people just can't handle the truth. That sometimes overrules that person and leads them to believe anything. I agree with your point!
Please discuss the "retrograde" aspect. Thank you.
fantastic.
Freddie “Mercury” :)
Kacy Maguire he’s my baby ❤️
When I was on grades school, I thought the Mercury is the hottest planet on the Solay System.
Tq for this type of video
Another great NG webinar!
Gonna go and buy me a mercury and cruise up and down the road..
yeet
2:33
Slowly slowly earth days is decreasing ?
That number is estimated but yes, earth’s years over the last billion years have needed fewer days as the days have gradually become longer.
Very nice important facts
I love 101 videos. Please make more!!!