Messenger of the gods is what mercury means.

的意思是上帝的信使。

This means a year on Mercury is shorter than a day on the planet.

导致的一天比一年短。

Mercury's nearness to the sun makes it an especially difficult planet to study.

离太阳很近，这让的研究难度很高。

It orbits 11 times closer to its star than Mercury does to our sun.

该围绕恒的轨道比绕太阳的近11倍左右。

We're finding planets bigger than Jupiter, smaller than mercury.

我们找到了比木大，比小的。

Dipping below the surface, we can only infer what Mercury's internal structure is like.

表面之下，我们只能对的内部结构进推测。

So why are Mercury in Venus bereft of moons?

那么为什么金上的没有卫呢？

Venus and Mercury have no confirmed moons.

金没有被确认的卫。

That first image ever acquired from orbit around Mercury was amazing.

从环绕的轨道上获得的第一张图像令人惊叹。

They include Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream and PJ Harvey, this won the prize twice.

获奖者包括北极猴子乐队、原始呐喊乐队获得过两次音乐奖的PJ哈维。

Previous Mercury Prize Winners have gone on the international success.

此前音乐奖的获奖者都在国际上获得了成功。

But 150 years ago, astronomers noticed something strange about Mercury's orbit.

但在 150 年前，天文学家发现的轨道有点奇怪。

Now Mercury has quite a complex orbit.

的公转轨道有点复杂。

In 14 days the Mercury 7 will be here for training.

最多再过14天 计划的7名成员就来受训了。

The Mercury 7 prototype has arrived for testing.

计划的模拟雏形机到了 预备开始测试。

Flying in space next to Young, Project Mercury veteran Gus Grissom.

杨的同伴是任务中的老手加斯·格里森。

The Mercury Seven astronauts become instant celebrities.

计划的七名宇航员迅速蹿红为名流。

On May fifth, nineteen sixty-one, a Friday, Alan Shepard struggled once again into his Mercury capsule.

1961年5月5日，期五，艾伦·谢泼德再次挣扎着进入他的太空舱。

But you can calculate Mercury's orbit very precisely using only Newton's laws of gravity.

但是，只用牛顿的引力定律我们就能精确地算出的轨道。

To a great extent, the Mercury astronauts were literally flying by the seat of their pants.

很大程度上，我们可以说计划的宇航员是依靠自己的渴望热情才坐上了飞舱。