[DOC] [TLE] Elusive Mercury: See it Before Sunrise - Space.com [PAR] Sep 3, 2004 ... In old Roman legends, Mercury was the swift-footed messenger of the gods. The 
planet is well named for it is the closest planet to the Sun and the swiftest of the ... 
13) Mercury's orbital velocity will exceed its rotational speed. ... to rise around the 
time of perihelion, the Sun would appear to partially come up... [DOC] [TLE] SUN'S size, where 1 inch = 100,000 miles [PAR] the speedy planet that orbits the closest to the. Sun.  Walk 10 big StepS to 
MercUry ... Named for the swift messenger of the Roman ... the faster its orbit. 
Speedy Mercury takes only. 88 Earth days to go around the Sun (1 Mercury ... 
Because this walk is to scale, the Sun ball will be the same apparent size as the 
real Sun in... [DOC] [TLE] Mercury (Hermes), First Planet from the Sun | Wyzant Resources [PAR] Mercury, messenger of the Roman gods (first planet from the Sun). ... the 
background of the stars was naturally named after the swift-footed Hermes. 
Because the Romans identified their own god of commerce, Mercury, with 
Hermes, we ... For all its speed, Mercury's spin is slow; so slow that six Earth 
months go by before the... [DOC] [TLE] Page 1 The Speedy Plonet What do we know about Mercury, the ... [PAR] Imagine living on a planet that could reach a temperature of 870F and ... facing 
the sun gets very, very cold because there is little atmosphere, or air, to hold the 
... Like Earth, it's a ... Earth's orbit around the sun takes much longeralmost 365 
days. ... MESSENGER, will solve some of them. ... Caloris Basin is the name of -. [DOC] [TLE] Roman and Greek Mythology Names: Gods, Planets, Astrology (Part 2) [PAR] Feb 19, 2011 ... The planet Mercury was named after him because of its speedy orbit ... after the 
swift messenger of the gods because of the speed of its orbit around the sun. ... of 
the underworld because, being the farthest planet from the sun,... [DOC] [TLE] How did Mercury get its name? | Cool Cosmos [PAR] Because Mercury was the fastest planet as it moved around the Sun, it was 
named after the Roman messenger god Mercury. Mercury was also the god of... [DOC] [TLE] The Solar System [PAR] The eight planets in our Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, 
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. ... It is because of the Sun that our solar system 
gets its name. ... It is because of the Sun's large size that the rest of the objects 
within the Solar System orbit around it. ... It is named after the Roman messenger 
god. [DOC] [TLE] Look for Mercury in the morning - Technology & science - Space ... [PAR] Sep 8, 2004 ... In old Roman legends, Mercury was the swift-footed messenger of the gods. The 
planet is well named, for it is the closest planet to the sun and the swiftest of ... 13) 
Mercury's orbital velocity will exceed its rotational speed. ... the sun was to rise 
around the time of perihelion, the sun would appear to partially... [DOC] [TLE] Get up early to get a look at Mercury - Technology & science - Space ... [PAR] Oct 17, 2008 ... If there ever was a planet that has gotten a bad rap for its inability to be ... Mercury 
is called an "inferior planet" because its orbit is nearer to the sun than the Earth's. 
... In old Roman legends, Mercury was the swift-footed messenger of ... sun were 
to rise around the time of perihelion, the sun would appear to... [DOC] [TLE] Moons of Mars - Wikipedia [PAR] The moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. Both moons were discovered in 
1877 by Asaph Hall and are named after the ... In recognition of these 'predictions
', two craters on Deimos are named Swift .... planet itself rotates, tidal

Question: This planet was named for a swift messenger because of its speedy orbit around the sun
Answer: Mercury