Why Does It Take So Long to Get to Mercury?

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On a cosmic scale, Mercury isn’t very far away, but it's incredibly hard to get there. Getting into orbit around it takes years of flybys in the solar system, but we're going to do it again! Hosted by: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/bepicolombo/in-depth/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mercury/overview/ https://www.space.com/42205-why-its-hard-to-get-to-mercury-for-bepicolombo.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/science/bepicolombo-mercury-launch.html https://www.technolog

Published 2019-01-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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