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Mercury, named for the Roman gods' messenger, is the closest planet to the and the smallest in the solar system. Mercury is too much in line with the Sun to be observed against a dark sky; therefore it is always seen during morning or evening twilight. In 2008, the MESSENGER spacecraft made the first flybys of Mercury since the 1970s. Messenger is scheduled to go into orbit about Mercury in 2011 for a year-long reconnaisance mission.

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