mercury på dansk

Eksempler på mercury

• Mercury travels around the Sun faster than any other planet. That is how it got its name. It was named after Mercury, the swift messenger of the gods in ancient Roman mythology.
• Merkur bevæger sig omkring Solen hurtigere end nogen anden planet. Det er sådan, den fik sit navn. Den blev opkaldt efter Merkur, den hurtige budbringer for guderne i gammel romersk mytologi.

• On August 3, 2004, NASA launched the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. It will flyby Earth, Venus, and Mercury itself several times before settliing into orbit around our innermost planet in March 2011.
• Den 3. august 2004, lancerede NASA MESSENGER-missionen til Merkur. Den vil flyve forbi Jorden, Venus og Merkur selv flere gange, før den sætter sig i bane omkring vores inderste planet i marts 2011.

• In 1640, Evagelista Torricelli discovered that air has weight. When experimenting with measuring mercury, he discovered that air put pressure on the mercury.
• I 1640 opdagede Evagelista Torricelli, at luft har vægt. Da han eksperimenterede med at måle kviksølv, opdagede han, at luft satte tryk på kviksølvet.

• Mercury can only be seen from Earth just before sunrise or just after sunset, but not in the middle of the night. That is because Mercury always appears near the Sun when viewed from Earth.
• Merkur kan kun ses fra Jorden lige før solopgang eller lige efter solnedgang, men ikke midt om natten. Det er fordi, Merkur altid vises nær Solen, når den ses fra Jorden.

• Mariner 10 was the first space probe to visit Mercury. It was also the first probe to visit two planets - Venus and Mercury.
• Mariner 10 var den første rumsonde til at besøge Merkur. Det var også den første sonde til at besøge to planeter - Venus og Merkur.

• Sam, a rhesus monkey, was one of the most well known monkeys of the space program. His name was an acronym for the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He was launched on December 4, 1959, housed in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, travelling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey.
• Sam, en rhesusabe, var en af de mest kendte aber fra rumprogrammet. Hans navn var en forkortelse for U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine ved Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. Han blev opsendt den 4. december 1959, anbragt i en cylindrisk kapsel inden i Mercury rumfartøjet på toppen af en Little Joe raket for at teste launch escape systemet (LES). Cirka et minut ind i flyvningen, rejste med en hastighed på 3685 mph, aborterede Mercury kapslen fra Little Joe opsendelsesfartøjet. Efter at have nået en højde på 51 miles, landede rumfartøjet sikkert i Atlanterhavet. Sam blev hentet flere timer senere uden nogen negative effekter fra sin rejse.

• That one over there is Mercury.
• Den derovre er Merkur.

• Is mercury really a metal?
• Er kviksølv virkelig et metal?

• This is a statue of Mercury.
• Dette er en statue af Merkur.

• The temperature on Mercury gets so hot it could melt a tin pan.
• Temperaturen på Merkur bliver så høj, at den kan smelte en tinpande.