Thus the diameter of the radio source is slightly less than the distance from Mercury to the Sun.
The second message from Mercury was identical with the first, and arrived ten minutes later.
The project name came from Mercury, a Roman god often seen as a symbol of speed.
But royalty payments from Mercury remain in dispute, making for a familiar industry story.
After the band got released from Mercury they continued to play the occasional show around Texas.
A loss from the investment banking business was offset by strong results from Mercury.
At this point, the group decided to change international record labels from Mercury to Atlantic.
Then, in 1965 radar echoes from Mercury showed that the planet did not after all have a period of 88 days, but about 60 days.
The costs of operating from Mercury are simply too high.
And the heat radiating from Mercury is accumulating too fast.