◆ Mercury  Mercury is the 1st planet in the solar system, a rocky world. # ############### ##################### ######################### ########################### ############################# ############################### ############################### ################################# ############################### ############################### ############################# ########################### ######################### ##################### ############### #  Type Planet  Magnitude -0.2  Distance 1.30 AU, 11 light-minutes  Apparent size 5″  Illuminated 87%   Known as  Symbol ☿   Physical  Radius 2,439 km, 0.38 of Earth's  Mass 0.055 of Earth's  Density 5.43 g/cm3  Surface gravity 3.7 m/s2, 0.38x Earth's  Escape velocity 4.4 km/s  Day 58.6 Earth days  Year 88 Earth days  Albedo 0.11, reflects 11% of the light hitting it  Temperature 440 K, 167 C  Moons none  what it has been called: skymap.sh/Mercury/about  40.00,-83.00 now · 34° up in the SW · mag -0.2 · ↑ 08:51 ↓ 20:10 ⌃ 14:30  Mercury is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  It is only 17° from the Sun: too deep in the glare, and it stays that way for weeks.   Mercury is currently crossing Virgo.   It sits 18° from the Sun, so it is an evening object.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates