Celestial Object

Mercury

mercury

planet

Object Context

Canonical Object Context and connected objects within the AstroSphere hierarchy.

Canonical Object

Mercury (mercury)

Parent

Sun

System

Solar System

Reference Frame

ICRF

Scientific Snapshot

Current Mercury position and velocity from the canonical scientific data layer.

Observation Time

2026-10-09T08:59:58.654543+00:00

Data Source

JPL Planetary Physical Parameters

Position

X 0.160792 AU

Y -0.364855 AU

Z -0.211117 AU

Velocity

X 0.020566970 AU/day

Y 0.011086987 AU/day

Z 0.003791459 AU/day

Physical Properties

Canonical physical properties for this celestial object.

Equatorial Radius Km

2440.53

Mean Radius Km

2439.4

Mass Kg

3.30103e+23

Bulk Density G Cm3

5.4289

Equatorial Gravity M S2

3.7

Escape Velocity Km S

4.25

Geometric Albedo

0.106

Provenance

Source and reference metadata for the canonical scientific data presented above.

Provider

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics

Dataset

Planetary Physical Parameters

Version

Unavailable

Upstream Source

Unavailable

Reference Frames

ICRF

Hierarchy

Ancestors

Sun / Solar System / Milky Way / Universe

Children

None

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