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Mercury (planet) Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god ' ( Mercury), god of commerce, messenger ...

, the nearest planet to the Sun *

Mercury (element) Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum ( ) from the Greek words, ''hydor'' (water) and ''argyros'' (silver). A heavy, silvery d-block A block ...

, a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg *

Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; la, Mercurius ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divinat ...

, a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:

Companies

Mercury (toy manufacturer) Mercury was an Italian manufacturing company of die-cast toy, die-cast scale model model car, cars. Based in Turin, Mercury was active from 1932 until 1980. Along with Dinky Toys in England, Mercury was a pioneer in 1:43 scale diecast toys mad ...

, a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy *

Mercury Communications Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challe ...

, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s *

Mercury Drug The Mercury Drug Corporation, better known as Mercury Drug, is a Filipino pharmacy chain. A subsidiary of the Mercury Group of Companies, it is headquartered in Bagumbayan, Quezon City. The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945, making ...

, a Philippine pharmacy chain * Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand * Mercury Filmworks, a Canadian independent animation studio * Mercury General, a multiple-line American insurance organization * Mercury Interactive, a software testing tools vendor * Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors * Mercury Systems, a defense-related information technology company

Computing

* Mercury (programming language), a functional logic programming language * Mercury (metadata search system), a data search system for earth science research * Ferranti Mercury, an early 1950s commercial computer * Mercury Browser, a freeware mobile browser * Mercury Mail Transport System, an email server

Film and television

*Mercury (film), ''Mercury'' (film), a 2018 Indian silent horror thriller by Karthik Subbaraj *Mercury (TV series), ''Mercury'' (TV series), an Australian television series *Mercury, a fictional town in Young Adult (film), ''Young Adult'' * List of RWBY characters#Mercury Black, Mercury Black, a character in the ''RWBY'' web series * Sailor Mercury, a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga and anime franchise

Literature

Comics

* Mercury (Marvel Comics), a character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance * Makkari (comics) or Mercury, an Eternal, a Marvel Comics race of superhumans * Mercury, a member of the Metal Men, a DC Comics team * Mercury, a member of Cerebro's X-Men * Mercury, an List of Amalgam Comics characters#JLX #1, Amalgam Comics character

Magazines

* Mercury (magazine), ''Mercury'' (magazine), an astronomy magazine * ''The American Mercury'', originally a literary magazine, gradually more political

Newspapers

* The Mercury (Hobart), ''The Mercury'' (Hobart), Tasmania, Australia * The Mercury (South Africa), ''The Mercury'' (South Africa), Durban * The Mercury (Pennsylvania), ''The Mercury'' (Pennsylvania), US * Mercury (Newport), ''Mercury'' (Newport), Rhode Island, US * ''The Mercury'', former name of the ''Reading Mercury'' * List of newspapers named Mercury, List of newspapers named ''Mercury'', for newspapers whose titles include that word

Novels

* Mercury (Bova novel), ''Mercury'' (Bova novel), a novel by Ben Bova * Mercury (Livesey novel), ''Mercury'' (Livesey novel), a novel by Margot Livesey * ''Mercury'', a novel by Anna Kavan

Music

* Mercury Nashville, a record label * Mercury Records, a record label * Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom * "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's ''The Planets''

Albums

* Mercury (American Music Club album), ''Mercury'' (American Music Club album) (1993) * Mercury (Longview album), ''Mercury'' (Longview album) (2003) * Mercury (Madder Mortem album), ''Mercury'' (Madder Mortem album) (1999) * ''Mercury – Act 1'' (2021), by Imagine Dragons * ''Mercury – Act 2, Mercury – Acts 1 & 2'' (2022), by Imagine Dragons

Songs

* Mercury (song), "Mercury" (song), a 2008 song by Bloc Party * "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from ''Recovering the Satellites'' * "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from ''Failer'' * "Mercury", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister from ''Planetarium (album), Planetarium''

Military

* Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II * Boeing E-6 Mercury, an American aircraft used as an airborne command post and communications relay * Miles Mercury, a British aircraft designed during the Second World War * , various vessels or shore establishments of that name * , seven vessels of that name * , an 1820 warship * Mercury (pigeon), honored for bravery during World War II

People

* Mercury (name), including a list of people with that surname or given name

Places

* Mercury, Savoie, a commune in southeastern France * Mercury Bay, New Zealand * Mercury, a List of places in Alabama, place in Alabama * Mercury, Nevada, a closed city within the Nevada Test Site, United States * Mercury, Texas, United States

Plants

* Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus ''Mercurialis'' * Annual mercury (''Mercurialis annua''), a species of flowering plant * English Mercury, English mercury, or mercury goosefoot (''Blitum bonus-henricus''), a species of goosefoot

Radio

* Mercury FM, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom * Mercury 96.6 or Heart Hertfordshire, a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Sports

* Edmonton Mercurys, a 1940s and 1950s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada * Fujita Soccer Club Mercury, a Japanese women's football team active from 1989 to 1999 * Memphis Mercury, American women's soccer team * Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States * Toledo Mercurys, a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States

Vehicles

Air

* Blackburn Mercury, a British aircraft from 1911 * Bristol Mercury, a nine-cylinder aircraft engine

Land

* Mercury (automobile), brand of automobiles produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1938 to 2011 * Mercury (cyclecar), an American cyclecar from 1914 * Mercury (train), ''Mercury'' (train), a family of New York Central streamliner passenger trains (1936–1958)

Sea

* , several ships of that name * Cape Cod Mercury 15, an American sailboat design * Mercury 18, an American sailboat design

Space

* Project Mercury, a United States human spaceflight program, 1958–1963 ** The space capsule used for the flights, also called Project Mercury#Spacecraft, Mercury * Mercury (satellite), a series of American spy satellites

Other uses

* ''Archer Maclean's Mercury'', a 2005 PlayStation Portable video game * Mercury (cipher machine), a 1950s British cipher machine * Mercury Boulevard in Virginia, United States * Mercury Cinema, a theatre in Adelaide, Australia * Shuttle America's callsign * The Mercury Mall, a shopping centre in Romford, England