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19 March 2011

Good name for a satellite

The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe has just gone into orbit around Mercury. I think Messenger's the perfect name for the satellite because in Roman and Greek mythology, Mercury (or Hermes as the Greeks put it) was the messenger of the gods. The probe's next mission should be to actually get past the thick clouds of sulfuric acid that constitute the upper layers of Venus's atmosphere, and get some pictures of the surface.

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