The new solar system mercury

Mercury timeline

By khatis4

  • Discovery of the anomolous perihelion shift of Mercury

    Discovery of the anomolous perihelion shift of Mercury
    Urbain Le Verrier discovers the anomolous perihelion shift of Mercury.

  • The first sighting of Vulcan

    The first sighting of Vulcan
    The first sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury.

  • 16 degrees apart

    The Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn are aligned within 16 degrees of each other.

  • The first radar measurment of relativistic time delays to Mercury

    The first radar measurment of relativistic time delays to Mercury
    Irwin Shapiro makes the first radar measurment of relativistic time delays to Mercury

  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10
    Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration

  • Mariner 10 passes

    Mariner 10 passes
    Mariner 10 passes by and photographs Mercury.

  • The Planet Definition"

    The Planet Definition"
    The "Planet Definition" Resolution was put to the 2006 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union. The outcome decided the defintiion of what objects in the Solar System should be classified as "Planets". Pluto looses its status as a Planet retuning the total number of "Planets" in our solar system to eight.