Discovering Mercury
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Planet Conditions
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Composition
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Symbol And Naming
Symbol and Naming
The Symbol for Mercury.
Mercury was named after the Roman god of commerce, thievery, and travel, Mercury. He is also known as Hermes, his Greek God version. It was named this because of the planet's way of moving across the sky so quickly.