THE SUN HAS SET

Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit. Mercury is the Roman version of the Greek Hermes. He is the patron god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; furthermore he is also the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is related to the Latin word merx (merchandise, merchant, commerce, etc.). In Spanish the day of the week Miércoles, is dedicated to him. Mercury has influenced the name of many things in scientific fields, such as the planet Mercury, and the element mercury. The word mercurial is commonly used to refer to something or someone erratic, volatile or unstable, derived from Mercury's role both in mythology and astrology in ancient times. ___________________ Mercurio es la versión romana del Hermes griego. Es el dios de las ganancias financiera, el comercio, la elocuencia, la comunicación, los viajeros, las fronteras, la suerte, el ...

Mercury is the planet of the solar system closest to the Sun and the smallest with the exception of the dwarf planets. It is one of the rocky planets and has no satellites. Has a lighter atmosphere consisting of potassium, sodium and other elements. The pressure of the atmosphere is a hundred thousandth of the atmospheric pressure on the surface of the earth. Perhaps because of being a small planet its gravity is insufficient to hold for long periods of time major atmospheric density. Mercury has an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. Because Mercury's orbit lies within Earth's orbit, it can appear in Earth's sky in the morning or the evening, but never in the middle of the night. _________________ Mercurio es el planeta del Sistema Solar más próximo al Sol y el más pequeño a excepción de los planetas enanos. Es uno de los planetas rocosos y no tiene satélites. Tiene una liviana atmósfera constituida por potasio, sodio y otros elementos. La presión de la atmósfera...