Mercury: The Impossible Planet

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  2 года назад +37

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    • @Phenom24uk
      @Phenom24uk 2 года назад +4

      What is the music you used for this? Its beautiful

    • @jeremyrockatansky
      @jeremyrockatansky 2 года назад

      absolutely love curiosity stream! signed up years ago after you mentioned it!

    • @rashadbell822
      @rashadbell822 2 года назад

      I’d forgotten about all about your channels for some reason I haven’t gotten notifications from any of them. Thought about it and checked to see if you had been cancelled lol

    • @MusicalRaichu
      @MusicalRaichu 2 года назад

      I really like Curiosity Stream!

    • @SplotchTheCatThing
      @SplotchTheCatThing 2 года назад +1

      Hang on hang on back up there a bit Simon
      You said something about Mercury having *magnetic tornadoes*
      MAGNETIC TORNADOES
      and then for some reason I can't even begin to fathom, you stopped talking about that
      Don't get me wrong, the rest of the video was plenty interesting, but somehow I doubt it was *magnetic tornadoes* interesting.

  • @silvenimoy3115
    @silvenimoy3115 2 года назад +852

    “When William Herschel first got whiff of Uranus”…….Simon, your writers, I love it 😂

    • @whosyourdaddymedia
      @whosyourdaddymedia 2 года назад +65

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that!! My inner 12 year old is still laughing.

    • @MikeH1768
      @MikeH1768 2 года назад +101

      Don't forget to add "probing Uranus".

    • @kewgardensstation
      @kewgardensstation 2 года назад +26

      "...caught whiff of Uranus"... I truly LOL'd for the first time in years. Funniest shit I've ever heard. Give your writers a raise, Simon - they deserve it!

    • @randylahey1232
      @randylahey1232 2 года назад

      @@whosyourdaddymedia no you're not the only one that caught it we all did you guys are just the few immature enough to actually find it funny, you're all pathetic

    • @hl8333
      @hl8333 2 года назад +22

      Just as hilarious as title Anton Petrov 'Gas found coming out of Uranus'

  • @stanjuan1178
    @stanjuan1178 2 года назад +59

    Possibly the two best Uranus jokes ever to be delivered in deadpan. Dry humor is my jam. I wonder how hard it was for Simon to deliver those.

  • @oatyoats4168
    @oatyoats4168 2 года назад +39

    Simon your writers are just top notch couldn’t help giggling at Uranus being probed less than mercury.

  • @hzaagman8005
    @hzaagman8005 2 года назад +256

    As much as I love science, in this video I particularly *love* that each chapter title is named after a Queen song or album. I'm sure *Freddie Mercury* would have loved it, too!
    Thank you Simon and everyone else who did any work on this video.

    • @DerptyDerptyDUM
      @DerptyDerptyDUM 2 года назад +4

      Gotta be Morris M writing. He's such a legend. 🏆

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann 2 года назад +9

      Don't forget the "Planet Freddie" at some point in the video.

    • @cheffrey82
      @cheffrey82 2 года назад +1

      Yes! That was a nice little Easter egg

    • @xsailor85
      @xsailor85 2 года назад

      So would Ami Mizuno AKA Sailor Mercury

    • @matt-irby
      @matt-irby 2 года назад +1

      @@Leyrann Around 10:02!

  • @jackcoogan310
    @jackcoogan310 2 года назад +169

    I love how Simon leans into the Uranus jokes

    • @芦白龙
      @芦白龙 2 года назад +7

      Careful, he will get Hershel to get a whiff of Uranus 2

    • @jennypoussin3866
      @jennypoussin3866 2 года назад +14

      Mercury has been probed less than Uranus 🤣

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 2 года назад +8

      Credit where credit is due, the script was written for him by a Morris M.

    • @jackcoogan310
      @jackcoogan310 2 года назад +2

      @@cleverusername9369 very fair! Thanks for crediting the right person!

    • @retroarcadefan
      @retroarcadefan Год назад +2

      Simon certainly has an obsession with Uranus.

  • @lyndilou6314
    @lyndilou6314 2 года назад +71

    I appreciate all the subtle puns scattered throughout the video. Informative as always, thanks Simon and team!

  • @Clevelandlantis
    @Clevelandlantis 2 года назад +156

    Just throwing it out there, should really be a space specific playlist on this channel. These have easily become my favorite on here. More space geography please for the love of god

    • @Styxswimmer
      @Styxswimmer 2 года назад +15

      Astrographics

    • @raedusoleil6375
      @raedusoleil6375 2 года назад

      Seconded!

    • @zacharyphillips8551
      @zacharyphillips8551 2 года назад

      lol I've just made my own

    • @-MarcusAurelius
      @-MarcusAurelius 2 года назад +4

      @@Styxswimmer Astrographics is good but I think I prefer cosmographics

    • @JonoSSD
      @JonoSSD 2 года назад +2

      I think Simon would rather just create a new channel for that. lol

  • @michaelb1761
    @michaelb1761 2 года назад +19

    "Caught a whiff of Uranus" and "Only Neptune and Uranus have been probed less", ahh Simon.

  • @kayleighlehrman9566
    @kayleighlehrman9566 2 года назад +277

    "A planet's a planet, no matter how small."
    Until it's Pluto, I guess.

    • @rafaelbrisolara7599
      @rafaelbrisolara7599 2 года назад +26

      Well, size is not Pluto's issue 😅

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 2 года назад +13

      A better example would be Ceres.

    • @k5sss
      @k5sss 2 года назад +32

      Mercury has cleared its orbit; Pluto, Charon and Ceres have not. That’s the line, not size.

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 2 года назад +7

      I thought Ceres was too small to gravitationally pull itself into a spherical shape, but apparently it's a lot larger than I thought. Pretend I named some asteroid that's too small to even meet the definition of a dwarf planet.

    • @bamacopeland4372
      @bamacopeland4372 2 года назад +1

      Just don't tell that to Burton guster.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 года назад +60

    2:00 - Chapter 1 - Is this the world we created ?
    5:45 - Chapter 2 - Made in heaven
    9:40 - Chapter 3 - In the lap of the gods
    13:45 - Chapter 4 - Hot space
    17:20 - Chapter 5 - The miracle
    - Chapter 6 -

    • @greendragonreprised6885
      @greendragonreprised6885 2 года назад +6

      Great use of Queen song and album titles.

    • @redhandtheblack
      @redhandtheblack 2 года назад +4

      0:22 There appears to be another Queen reference, Breakthrough :)

    • @BonShula
      @BonShula 2 года назад

      Did you do this for free? 🤣🤣

    • @redhandtheblack
      @redhandtheblack 2 года назад +2

      There's another one about 10 mins in where Mercury is referred to as Freddie.

    • @gfear24
      @gfear24 2 года назад +3

      @@redhandtheblack "Planet Freddie"

  • @Kalebfenoir
    @Kalebfenoir 2 года назад +10

    I'd actually wonder if Mercury originally started out as the core of a small gas giant that was too close to the sun. It eventually burned off its atmosphere in the solar wind, and it's heavier materials condensed onto its core, which forms Mercury's oversized core covered in a thin layer of other stuff.
    We've seen gas giants in other systems like that, but ones that haven't burnt down to the core yet.
    But it's possible. Depending on how big the original gas giant was, it might not have even taken too long.

  • @TheK01234
    @TheK01234 2 года назад +44

    I love when Simon throws out anime references that go over his head and he doesn't even look phased

    • @ripafromanjj5041
      @ripafromanjj5041 4 месяца назад

      Bro I did a touble take hearing that 😄 thought I was losing it

  • @nickfisher8569
    @nickfisher8569 2 года назад +7

    I love the Uranus jokes hidden in the script. “When William Hershel caught a whiff of Uranus” and “only Neptune and Uranus got probed less..”😂

  • @aran5033
    @aran5033 2 года назад +14

    In a poetic way, I wanna pet and hug Mercury now, our small boi is doing his best, trying to do what earth like planets do, while his dad sun is looking at him and keeping him safe from the dangers of the outer space.
    Cute! ☺️

  • @suspicious241
    @suspicious241 2 года назад +3

    i love simon making anime references while clearly not uderstanding them. it is very funny hearing him make a Mob Psycho 100 reference without batting an eye.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 2 года назад

      He’s a professional at just going with references he doesn’t get. 🤣

  • @Roguescienceguy
    @Roguescienceguy 2 года назад +26

    Simon is that kinda guy who has more RUclips channels than there are objects in the Kuyper belt

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr7294 2 года назад +63

    Nice, the Whistlerverse starts the morning off with a space vid...thanks Simon and Co. for all you're hard work for our entertainment 🍻💯👍

    • @Dank-gb6jn
      @Dank-gb6jn 2 года назад +2

      🥃

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 2 года назад +2

      @@Dank-gb6jn 🍻💯

    • @eddiehancockii
      @eddiehancockii 2 года назад +1

      Whistlerverse. I like it. That's a thing now v

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 2 года назад

      @@eddiehancockii sounds good to me lol

    • @Silverwing2112
      @Silverwing2112 2 года назад +2

      Whistlerverse, very nice. I'm just jealous I didn't come up with that.

  • @Gamefreak924
    @Gamefreak924 2 года назад +59

    A Mob Psycho reference?! Seems the writer has some good tastes, and I'm sure Simon was extremely confused

    • @platinumhawke
      @platinumhawke 2 года назад +4

      Too bad there's no G-Witch references.

    • @NextEevolution
      @NextEevolution 2 года назад +7

      It was another Geographics covering another planet or a MegaProjects covering a mission to get to a certain planet where the writer made a FullMetal Alchemist reference. Genuinely enjoy catching them lol

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 2 года назад +1

      My thoughts as well. 🤣

    • @Admcorranhorn
      @Admcorranhorn 2 года назад +1

      I just did a hard stop mod video, "was that a Mod Psycho reference?" Glad it wasn't just me =)

    • @HueghMungus
      @HueghMungus 2 года назад

      @@--enyo-- What was the reference?

  • @liamrobert2460
    @liamrobert2460 2 года назад +11

    Fantastic series, an wondrous combination of science, history, soothing narration, and the sheer awe of our solar system

  • @thespazdragon
    @thespazdragon 2 года назад +8

    "When Hershcel first caught whiff of Uranus..."
    You can't help yourself can you XD

  • @moldgrim1
    @moldgrim1 2 года назад +9

    Mercury. Made in heaven. In the lap of the gods. Planet Freddie. The amount of Queen references is...fantastic!

  • @camilasuarez4596
    @camilasuarez4596 2 года назад +6

    I’m impressed and in love of how you guys used Queen songs + albums as titles!! I’m smiling like crazy after a terrible day ❤

  • @daytwaqua
    @daytwaqua 2 года назад +12

    The Raiders of the Lost Ark Nazi face melting reference brought a smile to my face. Well done Simon and/or the writers, well done.

  • @Grimsace
    @Grimsace 2 года назад +28

    All I'm gonna say is anyone who has tried to put a probe in close orbit around Kerbal in KSP understands EXACTLY why getting to Mercury is hard af.

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt 2 года назад +1

      Moho is a pig to get to. Getting into orbit around Eeloo is also annoying.

  • @resileaf9501
    @resileaf9501 2 года назад +16

    Space videos are consistently my favorite of this channel. Absolutely wonderful watch. :D

  • @andreasrau2161
    @andreasrau2161 2 года назад +38

    It's always a pleasure to hear your narrations, Simon!

    • @SKBSKBSKBSKBSK
      @SKBSKBSKBSKBSK 2 года назад

      not really

    • @damislav
      @damislav 2 года назад

      @@SKBSKBSKBSKBSK yes really

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 2 года назад

      @@SKBSKBSKBSKBSK begone troll

    • @SKBSKBSKBSKBSK
      @SKBSKBSKBSKBSK 2 года назад

      @@archstanton6102 your bf talks too fast
      he talks AT you instead of TO you

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 2 года назад +39

    Not only is mercury closest to earth on average, it's closest on average to every planet.

  • @xeddtech
    @xeddtech 2 года назад +32

    We'd love a dedicated space channel Simon! Exploring everything within the cosmos, from black holes and exoplanets to quasars and string theory. It would make an amazing channel with your presentation behind it!

    • @bridgetrodriguez4643
      @bridgetrodriguez4643 2 года назад +4

      Omg 😳 I was just thinking that😂 That would be amazing

    • @arcadiaberger9204
      @arcadiaberger9204 2 года назад +1

      Oh, HELL yes, let's have an all-space channel! With the Gateway station about to open up for business, it's a perfect time.

  • @Metallica4Life92
    @Metallica4Life92 2 года назад +3

    I really enjoyed all the Queen and Freddy Mercury innuendos and references you put into this one:)

  • @ChurchSleazy
    @ChurchSleazy 2 года назад +5

    Mercury isn't the smallest planet. Its just the smallest one the IAU chooses to acknowledge. Dwarf planetd, Belt planets, and Satellite planets should all qualify.

  • @kahnadah
    @kahnadah 2 года назад +6

    Simon: "A planet's a planet, no matter how small."
    Pluto: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU?"

  • @Jason_Quinn
    @Jason_Quinn 2 года назад +3

    Yeah, wasn't expecting to hear Mob Psycho 100 references in an astronomy video. You keep doing what you're doing.

  • @mowm88
    @mowm88 2 года назад +11

    See this is the Simon I prefer--great job hosting, good copy to read, interesting subject matter, and Not Editorializing randomly (about whatever) when it's not needed. This was well done.

    • @mackenziemoore5088
      @mackenziemoore5088 2 года назад +2

      I guess you're not a fan of Side Projects, Casual Criminalist, Brain Blaze, or Decoding the Unknown? Lol

    • @tispre
      @tispre 2 года назад

      so what you meant to say was, "shut up, fact boy, and read." This isn't the compliment you think it is...

    • @mowm88
      @mowm88 2 года назад +1

      @@mackenziemoore5088 Au contraire I am. But this side of Simon is a welcome change.

    • @mowm88
      @mowm88 2 года назад +1

      @@tispre This isn't the insight you think it is.

  • @raidermaxx2324
    @raidermaxx2324 2 года назад +6

    also, Mercury is obviously the core of an ice giant that tacked in too close to the sun during the early solar system formation, hence the fact its literally just an iron core

  • @broodyhenloloa
    @broodyhenloloa 2 года назад +6

    This channel deserves at least 5 million subscribers.

  • @rickwhitescarver8526
    @rickwhitescarver8526 Год назад

    Kudos for the got a whiff of Uranus in the video. Double kudos for delivering that line with a straight face and without missing a beat

  • @bigredcube91
    @bigredcube91 2 года назад +17

    “A whiff of Uranus…” 😂

    • @StevenLockey
      @StevenLockey 2 года назад +1

      Did Simon miss that completely or just do a really good job of keeping a straight face :)

    • @doggonemess1
      @doggonemess1 2 года назад

      @@StevenLockey I'm thinking he's good at the deadpan delivery. Leslie Nielsen would be proud.

    • @doggonemess1
      @doggonemess1 2 года назад

      14:58 Oh, man. He followed it up with "only Neptune and Uranus have been probed less". XD

    • @StevenLockey
      @StevenLockey 2 года назад

      @@doggonemess1 Don't know, seen him miss a few really blatant ones before, but you never know, this may be take 10 😂

  • @GrndAdmiralThrawn
    @GrndAdmiralThrawn 2 года назад +10

    Mercury’s large, dense metallic core holds the Loot Of A Thousand Worlds.

  • @Nyitemare
    @Nyitemare 2 года назад +7

    Top level writing on this one! Absolutely loved it. That outro was wonderful

  • @imdabomdiggitty4399
    @imdabomdiggitty4399 2 года назад +3

    I like the Mob Psycho reference he snuck in real quick

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 2 года назад +8

    Once more a fantastic script and great video!! I really do hope you eventually put together a space playlist at the least. These are always so much FUN! And this one had far too much humor for me to watch it safely whilst eating dinner, hahahah!

  • @awesomedata8973
    @awesomedata8973 2 года назад +3

    Good thing he only got a "whiff" of Uranus -- I imagine his curiosity was satisfied pretty quickly.
    Oh, and great video about Mercury!

  • @magnusgreel275
    @magnusgreel275 2 года назад +5

    That was an inspirational end to the video, well done to both the writer and Simon's delivery!

  • @WildStar2002
    @WildStar2002 2 года назад +1

    12:14 "When William Herschel first caught whiff of Uranus..." 🤣

  • @NeidalRuekk
    @NeidalRuekk 10 месяцев назад

    FINDING this little oddball can be a real trick, but transits illuminate where it is perfectly. I've seen three of them, and only about that many times in the evening sky

  • @petercozzaglio6070
    @petercozzaglio6070 2 года назад +6

    I really like these segments on the planets. I am hoping to be alive when astronomers discover the mythical planet 9.
    Though I have been disappointed the Pluto has been reduced to a dwarf planet, I do understand…. I have also wondered if this possible planet 9 is big enough to be what causes Earths 15.000 year wobble.

    • @jamesmaxwell9289
      @jamesmaxwell9289 2 года назад

      Pardon me, but I've never heard of this earth's, 15,000 year wobble. Is this "wobble" established in the scientific community?
      I ask this because only recently I have been looking at various Scriptures relating to our planet. Isaiah lived about 600 bc, and Isaiah 24, wrote the following:
      "Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty... and turneth it upside down... the windows from on high are open and the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth shall REEL TO AND FRO like a drunkard"... the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed"
      Is there a cycle of earth "Wobble" established in the scientific community?

  • @presidentirinavladimirovna7054
    @presidentirinavladimirovna7054 2 года назад +2

    Love the reference to MOB Psycho 100 Simon

  • @gbryant261
    @gbryant261 2 года назад +1

    Fall out of my chair moment, "when Herschel first got a whiff of Uranus,". Got my attention.

  • @BruceBoyde
    @BruceBoyde 2 года назад +7

    Aw yeah, more space stuff. I usually kind of know all of the stuff in these but they're still among my favorite videos.

  • @dannyfa7x
    @dannyfa7x 2 года назад +3

    Simon, I have to compliment the beard my man. The bread to forehead ratio has got to be nearly equal. Fantastic 👍🏼

  • @crisstryna_mma1622
    @crisstryna_mma1622 2 года назад +7

    This episode was excellent 👏. Thankyou Simon and the team.

  • @danielauto3767
    @danielauto3767 2 года назад +1

    Nice video. Minor correction: The statement that "it's easy to get to Mercury, the hard part is stopping." Isn't correct. Both parts are hard. That's why the mission to Mercury took flyby visits to Earth and Venus (which help with the "getting there") and flybys past Mercury itself (which help with the stopping" ).

  • @bluechew69
    @bluechew69 2 года назад +3

    I signed up for curiosity stream yesterday with someone elses link.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 2 года назад +3

    Is Mercury tidally locked in its orbit around the Sun? I have understood from readings that it effectively is because the orbit is elliptical, so the planet's three rotations per two revolutions around the Sun mean the same sides are always facing or away from ole' Sol. Is that correct? If so, is there a relatively temperate zone where the two sides meet - a line where the extremes balance each other out?

  • @FerociousPancake888
    @FerociousPancake888 2 года назад +2

    “Planets are planets no matter how small”
    He said it! Pluto IS a planet! Bring back Pluto!!

  • @MultiKeto
    @MultiKeto 2 года назад +1

    fun fact:
    it takes more energy to shoot something into the sun than it takes to shoot something out of the solar system.
    that is because the earth moves with around 30km/s around the sund and you would have to take all that energy away to get it into the sun but you only need to ad 17 km/2 to get it out of the solar system

  • @erictroxell715
    @erictroxell715 2 года назад

    Your liz truss remark is hilarious since now 10/23 she's done. Great work loved this a lot

  • @Oldmonstrosityshop
    @Oldmonstrosityshop 2 года назад

    I’ve only just come across Geographics and have been consuming the videos like an insatiable lunatic for the past few days. Every video ends with a slight semi. Love it.

  • @angelally7776
    @angelally7776 2 года назад +2

    Love the Mob Psycho reference! 😂

  • @jamesmaxwell9289
    @jamesmaxwell9289 2 года назад

    In my most recent studies and deepest contemplations, I have ,with upmost clarity, discerned the ultimate and Supreme reason that we find ourselves on this sphere we so often refer to as the 'earth' but in that I am shackled by wisdom, I am not at liberty to share it with the common man of this planet.

  • @joeschmoe5063
    @joeschmoe5063 2 года назад +2

    Certainly not a place I expected to hear a Mob Psycho 100 reference

  • @ashleyt6123
    @ashleyt6123 2 года назад +3

    Wonderful episode. Well done.

  • @RPIdemon
    @RPIdemon 2 года назад +2

    This title reminds me of my favorite two-part Doctor Who episodes. The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit

  • @greatestcait
    @greatestcait 2 года назад +2

    I never expected to hear a reference to Mob Psycho 100 but here we are.

  • @Dragrath1
    @Dragrath1 2 года назад +1

    Fun fact in terms of modeling the evolution of the solar system Mercury is the only planet to have a non negligible chance of its orbit destabilizing thanks to its eccentric orbit and the cyclic alignment of tidal forces from Venus Earth and Jupiter ever 11 or so years. This is currently aligned in resonance with Mercury such that the planet complete two orbits for every orbit observable from Earth however if this alignment is perturbed too much it could begin to get its orbit dynamically boosted in eccentricity increasing its aphelion and decreasing its perihelion until the planet either intersected with the Sun, Venus or Earth and or became ejected from the solar system entirely. The chance of this is small about 1% per billion years but at nearly 5 billion years of age that is a full 4 rounds of cosmic Russian roulette.
    There is also another interesting thing about Mercury namely the chaotic terrain and sodium tail as these are features which appear to be caused at least in part by sublimation of lower melting point metals from its crust and the subsequent collapse of the remaining components of the terrain in the process. This process has likely ben in play for billions of years with the gradual brightening of the Sun allowing the Sun to gradually sublimate away more of the planet like a rocky analog of a comet.
    Then there is also the interesting way solar wind erosion makes water through the collisions of solar wind protons with the oxygen atoms which are the primary constituent of rocks creating hydroxide ions that should a 2nd proton from the solar wind interact with it can become transformed chemically into water. Much of this eventually gets blasted away out into the cosmos but water which reaches the safety of permanently shadowed craters forming/contributing to the deposits of ice.

  • @juanrondon2072
    @juanrondon2072 2 года назад +5

    Keep up the good work Simon!!

  • @carolpond3340
    @carolpond3340 2 года назад +2

    Based Simon making a mob psycho reference

  • @corycyr6677
    @corycyr6677 2 года назад +12

    "A planet is a planet, no matter how small."
    Pluto would like a word with you sir....

    • @k5sss
      @k5sss 2 года назад +1

      Mercury has cleared its orbit; Pluto, Charon and Ceres have not. That’s the line, not size.

  • @Yo_Its_Matty_ice
    @Yo_Its_Matty_ice 2 года назад +1

    "When William Herschel got a whiff of Uranus"
    Nice

  • @goober5713
    @goober5713 2 года назад +2

    You leave my custard TV alone there Simon!!! Just like high school, I do all the work on the project and you want your name on it!! Not this time Whistler!!!!

  • @scottymoondogjakubin4766
    @scottymoondogjakubin4766 2 года назад +2

    Mercury is probably the most forgotten planet in the solar system ! about time it got some attention !

  • @vanmanmarc
    @vanmanmarc 2 года назад +1

    I always thought that gravity assist was used to propel, not brake. Can't wait to see what I will learn from Simon's next video

  • @moddabeech
    @moddabeech Год назад +1

    Time stamp 5:29. A planet is a planet no matter how small… tell that to Pluto

    • @ZeakHazFaith
      @ZeakHazFaith Год назад

      The best way to "win" is to downgrade a threat....
      To ego that is....
      Usually indicating the threat was never a threat, just the future.

  • @thedarkmoon2341
    @thedarkmoon2341 2 года назад +2

    Here are two more mysteries about Mercury:
    There are no visible light photos of the surface of Mercury from Mercury Messenger. All surface mapping was conducted in the near infrared.
    Nobody knows the surface illumination level of the Sun lit side of Mercury in Lux, the reading a light meter would show if you were standing on the surface, with well insulated boots.
    Peculiar.

  • @charchar635
    @charchar635 2 года назад +1

    love listening to simon make anime references he doesnt get

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler930 2 года назад +3

    If Mercury can have planetary status there is ZERO reason Pluto should not as well!!! 🤨

  • @ssreeser95
    @ssreeser95 2 года назад +3

    Simon: Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system.
    Pluto: Am I a joke to you?

    • @k5sss
      @k5sss 2 года назад

      Mercury has cleared its orbit; Pluto, Charon and Ceres have not. That’s the line, not size.

  • @SlamdalfTheGrey
    @SlamdalfTheGrey 2 года назад +3

    0:14 Simon sounds like the voice at the end of a prescription drug commercial reading the side effects at 2x speed lol

  • @hitronica
    @hitronica Год назад

    Simon talking about Mercury: "A planet's a planet no matter how small"
    Pluto: OH YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!!

  • @EAWanderer
    @EAWanderer 2 года назад +1

    18:43 - Interesting comparison! 😂😂

  • @OrdinaryDude
    @OrdinaryDude 2 года назад +1

    Is it just the inner 12 year old in me that caught the Uranus puns? "Caught a whiff of Uranus" and "only Neptune and Uranus have been probed less".
    Bravo Simon, bravo.

  • @arcadiaberger9204
    @arcadiaberger9204 2 года назад +2

    I look forward to the day (not that I'll live to see it myself) when thousands and eventually millions of humans are living according to a calendar of 176 days, counting from one Mercurian Sunrise to the next.

  • @ThePhysicalReaction
    @ThePhysicalReaction 2 года назад +2

    "When William Herschel first got whiff of Uranus in 1781, it was noted that the new 7th planet, likewise, had an orbital discrepancy"

  • @oncomics1128
    @oncomics1128 2 года назад +1

    Simon said "probed." And "got wind of." What? Uranus, of course...

  • @Roguescienceguy
    @Roguescienceguy 2 года назад +2

    Future humans might decide to drag it to Venus and use it as it's moon to speed up it's rotation

  • @mindchap
    @mindchap 2 года назад +1

    Love the subtle Queen nods

  • @Netasuke
    @Netasuke 2 года назад +4

    Yay! Another spacographics!

  • @nicholasdileo2011
    @nicholasdileo2011 2 года назад +1

    OK at 16:41 they are showing a "flyover of Mercury, and a Seagull goes flyng thru the frame. WOW! this video should break the internet if the flat earthers and Alien Probers are on the ball!

  • @j.pershing2197
    @j.pershing2197 2 года назад +1

    Look at Thunderbolts Project. Then actually look at Symbols of an Alien Sky in the playlist. Its under feature length documentaries

  • @Julius_Sneezer1
    @Julius_Sneezer1 2 года назад +2

    Got the notification right after watching the latest episode of Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

  • @claudespeed277
    @claudespeed277 2 года назад +2

    So, by your definition Pluto IS a planet

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting video, but I’m amazed that you casually skipped over magnetic tornadoes!
    Well done Simon and team 😊👏🏻💯🙌🏻

  • @junemacdonald44
    @junemacdonald44 2 года назад

    I don’t care what Simon is presenting, I could listen to him all day. Perfect orator.

  • @LeverPhile
    @LeverPhile Год назад +1

    Random fact:
    Uranus is the only planet with a Greek name; all the others use the Roman name equivalent of the Olympic Gods:
    Mercury = Hermes
    Venus = Aphrodite
    Mars = Ares
    Jupiter = Zeus/Dias
    Saturn = Chronos
    Neptune = Poseidon
    Uranus = Uranus
    Pluto = Hades

  • @DerptyDerptyDUM
    @DerptyDerptyDUM 2 года назад +1

    🌌ASTROGRAPHICS🌌
    ...thete is absolutely nothing on RUclips that I get more pumped about.

  • @tonyguyan9559
    @tonyguyan9559 2 года назад +1

    Whiff of Uranus 😂😂😂😂
    Uranus probed oh come on you’re killing me 😂😂😂😂

  • @metroidhunter965
    @metroidhunter965 2 года назад +1

    “A planet’s a planet, no matter how small”
    *Pluto has entered the chat*

  • @aetherial87
    @aetherial87 2 года назад +1

    "A planet's a planet, no matter how small."
    Pluto: Am I a joke to you?

  • @jesserothhammer7378
    @jesserothhammer7378 2 года назад +2

    15:04 he just said "only Neptune or Uranus have been probed" and now I know he's doing it on purpose lol