Planet Mercury Explained in 10 Minutes | Our Solar System's Planets

[@astrumspace]

Note: This is a remaster of the original Mercury video that I made about 6 years ago (crazy how time flies!). Here's the original for a comparison: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2S9hpumntiKm7M Here's the patch notes for the remaster: - 60fps instead of 30fps - Updated crappy CGI of Mercury's orbit with Space Engine footage - Updated information where applicable - Fixed grammar mistakes - Totally re-recorded the audio - New music - New visuals showcasing Mercury's magnetic field and its interaction with its exosphere and the solar wind - New views of Mercury's North Pole - New views of recent Mercury transits - Space Engine view of the rotation and orbit of Mercury - Closed captions now available (previous video only had auto-generated captions) - Pacing changes - Other minor changes

[@sevenodonata]

Thought it was a younger Darth Vader narrating the original! :D

[@bwxmoto]

Please upscale to at least 1440p on these re-masters before re-upload as youtube compression is terrible at 1080p60 especially. Uploading and doubling frame rate actually causes lots of dropped frames and stuttering/ hitching on youtube video player for some reason. It's probably some ai trying to drop duplicated frames to save bandwidth but it ends up wrecking the smoothness you are trying to achieve so best leave it at 30 fps and up resolution instead of doubling framerate with duplicate frames.

[@flatmarssociety4614]

Woah! Big difference

[@5Andysalive]

Also you added a "almost" :)

[@SockyNoob]

Much better!

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Plot Twist: Mercury is actually the Suns Moon.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

@Millennial Smark Pretty much😂 The Moons are mini-moons

[@omy785]

"Aren't we all?"

[@lotusnaturals1897]

Dont moons only orbit planets

[@TheChosenOne_____22_28]

@Millennial Smark yes indeed. All the planets and comets and asteroids and stuffs within the Oort clouds are all moons of the sun. Which is about 1.5 lightyears away from the sun if I’m correct

[@epic8924]

A moon orbitsca planet not the sun

[@haftago2]

Your demonstration of the day being twice as long as the year was excellent.

[@fallendown8828]

Yes and super complicated at the same time and i watched few more times to actually get how that was even possible and how it works

[@omega1575]

I’m glad your remastering this series, so much more has been found since the original

[@daos3300]

he said remastering, not re-editing and updating with current information.

[@SeaIify]

@@daos3300 He put a comment on the original video saying that he added new information....

[@gebali]

Indeed. It's also interesting that Mercury is, 8.5% on average, the closest plane to Earth,. Due to its elliptical orbit.

[@leminjapan]

"Every single one of us was in this picture." That honestly just blew my mind

[@FredGlt]

One step closer to an existential crisis... or the opposite, I dunno.

[@scottmeager5919]

The short people weren't at the front,, let's try again guys.

[@knocksensor3203]

Yes.. mind boggling

[@Muddler182]

I know I’m like a year late but what if someone was on the other side of the earth

[@barahng]

@@Muddler182 Or people indoors, under trees, etc. It's actually an interesting thought experiment, are you still "in" a picture if you are not visible in it, like if you were behind a tree? The photons reflecting off you aren't being captured but you are still physically present in the general area the photo is capturing light from.

[@jenjibur]

Mercury is way more interesting than I thought. I was especially fascinated by the rotation & how the sun would appear to someone standing on Mercury. Thank you so much for your exceptional videos!

[@youcefdorbane2324]

On Mercury a day lasts 1,408 hours. Just like every Monday 🙄

[@PeterHollingshead]

Haha! Covid Mondays...

[@biancabonet]

@@PeterHollingshead Yeah, pandemic infinite 😐

[@zainiikhwan9405]

Bruh....

[@stevencoardvenice]

I wonder how life forms on exoplanets would manage with a 1400 hour night

[@biancabonet]

@@stevencoardvenice I wonder how life formed on earth...nevermind exo's...the crazies 😱

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

We need to take the picture of earth again. You weren't smiling.

[@stoutkm]

Oh no! My eyes were closed.

[@batdogsandwich200]

Alfred E Neuman but you still smile

[@Boss_Tanaka]

And l was on the toilet

[@KanadianKaiser]

They got me from my bad angle 😔

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

Given that I was going through a traumatic breakup at the time, you're goddamn right I wasn't smiling. A'IGHT, TAKE TWO

[@dio3693]

I never would have thought the planet closest to the sun would have areas cold enough to have ice. Really interesting. I just have to say, this is the best educational YT channel I've seen. You excel at presenting a topic in a way that makes it exciting and leaves people wanting to know more. I had science teachers who could have presented to their class all the same information that you do, but the way in which they did it would put the class to sleep. I guess what I'm saying is, thanks for not being boring!

[@supercyc10]

You're like the only dude that I've seen that explained this DANG orbit/rotation in layman terms. THANK YOU

[@mattw8374]

Fascinating video made so much better by a well paced and "easy on the ear" narration.

[@nickg5250]

absolutely mind blowing, and I love how you let the amazing info speak for itself with your low-key, relaxing presentation of the science. one of the best channels out there

[@Vivaswaan.]

The audio and the graphics feel so much better than the older version. We all improve and advance with time; the channel's come a long way.

[@sonamanihembram7889]

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[@e8tsr]

Can't wait to see the rest of the videos in this series!

[@mr.pianist3174]

CONGRATS ON 500K SUBS! I’m one of them! Your content is amazing and that’s why you hit this milestone!

[@tou-fpv2952]

Very interesting and very well done. I think that you should do a video about all dwarf planets from the solar system

[@asahiorbit4565]

Outstanding quality, Astrum! I can imagine new Astronomy students learning from this video, great job👏 I can't wait for the other videos to come out!

[@Pickles_Dende]

Thank you!!! I know it sounds crazy, but I have a 3yr old that is super advanced and loves this channel. When she wakes up in the middle of the night, I might put on an Astrum video to lull her back to sleep..... and then we watch 2-3 Astrum videos.... sometimes more. She has told me she is scared to go to Mars, but that she wants to bring people back to their families from Mars when she gets older. I don't know how to express my gratitude.... but thank you for the hard work you do to make these videos.

[@josiahricafrente585]

Thank you, good sir, for continuously reawakening my childhood fascination with space and astronomy with ever upload.

[@LC-xv1oh]

This video series never gets old, I'm looking forward to the rest of the remasters and thank you for your great work!

[@andycopeland7051]

Man you took me down a rabbit hole! I love your videos and am now subscribed. You put together the best images and video clips I've seen on YT. You deserve more exposure. Keep it up! I look forward to more remastered vids in this docuseries Thank you again

[@fernandoschuindt1665]

Our Moon has colors as well, just check the so called "true color" pictures of the Moon that some astrophotographers take. It actually shows that there's a lot of oxidation on the surface of the Moon.

[@melissawickersham9912]

Our moon is mostly brownish with the albedo of asphalt.

[@0rangeG]

As always I've really been enjoying watching the video. Am lookin forward to the remastered episodes! This refreshed so much knowledge in my head, thank you!. Cant wait for BepiColumbo to arrive. We need to talk more about mercury.

[@Avabees]

Loved those old planet videos! Glad to hear you remaster them

[@astrofpv3631]

Congrats on half a million subs, hope you do a video about Ganymede one day

[@Naids]

Thanks for the video, definitely learned something new about Mercury today!

[@px64]

Thank you for refreshing old videos with updated data and visuals.

[@freddan6fly]

Keep up the great work and congrats in advance for breaking the 500k sub mark.

[@ryanwoodhead8480]

I love your videos they really inspire me to research all these things more because it’s so interesting.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

Another good one! 👍🏻😃 To this earthling that bit about the sun, from Mercury's vantage point, rising then going backwards a little before moving forward blew my mind. Can't imagine standing on Mercury's surface and seeing this. Whew! 🤪🤔🤯

[@QueenetBowie]

Appreciate the remaster but just wanted to point out that all your videos (new and old) are top quality, please keep it up!

[@huh22345]

Fascinating!

[@allenkemp3124]

... Captain

[@rilluma]

hello spenny

[@paru429]

You are so close to 500k!

[@WayneTheSeine]

Interesting. We need to send a lander.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

U got the money to cover it?

[@ianbcnp]

Nearly 500 thousand subscribers - if we all chipped in . . .

[@darth856]

BepiColombo was intended to include a lander, but sadly it was canceled due to budgetary constraints.

[@arturocevallossoto5203]

Sending things to the planets closer to the Sun than Earth is a tad bit trickier. This is because the probe is "falling" into the Sun as it goes towards the planet and it's speed keeps increasing. There's that Japanese probe that just couldn't catch on to Venus and they had to wait 10 years to try again.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

@@ianbcnp Wow can't believe Astrum is only at almost 500k. You're right thought if everyone gave like 5 dollars we'd have 2,500,000 which is not enough at all

[@emrahokumus2832]

Wonderful work yet again, Alex. Thank you so much, that was a good brain exercise.

[@astrumespanol]

Ah, yes, I should redo this video too, as many of my viewers have complained that they don't like the music I chosed

[@kevingreen3781]

Why have any music just leave it out it’s annoying

[@jordanstorm7684]

I liked it, never bothered me.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

Hello Spanish Astrum

[@officialuniverse1249]

Please support me please please

[@manchaka8056]

Yo quero taco bell

[@mac7622]

Wonderful video. I find mercury to be this most beautiful planet in our solar system. Thank you for sharing all this information about a planet we rarely hear about!

[@therealking6202]

@2:05 Great gravity visualization by dropping the ball and adjusting the playback speed. The simplest of demonstrations usually make the most sense!

[@kalkovonschpritzendorf1914]

Everything I'll show you is real pictures or video taken by a probe. Next shot: top-down look on The Solar System :D But the audio quality is so much better, nice reupload. Keep up the good job, Astrum.

[@BertGrink]

Interesting video! Although i knew about the weird relationship between Mercury's orbit and rotation, the images presented here made it much more understandable. Thanks! :D

[@alfiyafathimaafnansworld1261]

👍

[@tolland4433]

Great video, had no clue mercury's orbit was so scuffed, and the visualisation was pretty damn cool and easy to understand.

[@asgoodasgoose6202]

The world's most difficult selfie.

[@pauulthefair]

Nah, that would be the one taken by Voyager 1.

[@BertGrink]

See if you can spot Liza Minelli! 😂

[@alekosalekadis6095]

Earth photo in the end is amazing.

[@rits219]

Expat in the Philippines with two words, wonderful video!.

[@ThatHoodlum19]

Please never stop making videos :) keen as to see the remastered videos all over again, keep up the good work! From Australia

[@seitisetsoh4991]

This is really interesting, Mercury doesn't get much love, so I didn't know any of this

[@shaideru]

Looking forward to the remasters of the other Planets! Really love your videos 😊

[@plazmikpond]

mercury is underrated and underappreciated, poor little guy.

[@saitamablackgoku2889]

Wonderful video to watch after getting off work

[@jasonengel2374]

Great video, interesting stuff about the sun rise and sun set

[@UtraVioletDreams]

1:31 I think this is a beautiful picture. I have it as wallpaper and optimized it with more details and saturated colours.

[@ReneBold]

what really fascinates me, they built the same house on either planet and did the gravity test with a ball to compare it. That's so amazing! 2:18

[@Igor-no.rus.]

Thank you so much! Your channel is one of best about the solar system.

[@minijimi]

Mercury is awesome. Thanks for another great video.

[@BS-ij5wq]

Never tire of listening to your voice! 😊

[@htiz5147]

I was going to say that u already did this. But now I’m happy ur doing this again!!

[@absolutelypositively]

Thank you Alex always enjoy Astrom videos. Excuse me if there’s some misspellings etc. in here I’m talk texting which is a lot faster. Hopefully you get the point I’m sure you do. You’re a pretty smart guy. As a matter of fact I come to Astrom when I wanna find out a little bit more about space our universe, our planets, our solar system, etc. Thank you again happy new year to you Alex and yours

[@oscarmike7785]

I learned something new. Good and informative video - thanks!

[@cameronsafford9758]

Thanks for the playlist!! Updating it is great!

[@ionutjackass]

Congrats on your 500k subs. You deserve every single one of them! Best regards from Romania!

[@Strangekoi]

These are my favorite episodes!

[@Ro_Ball]

Love your videos. Listening and watching them is so relaxing and educational.

[@xilnes7166]

time flies man I remember watching that video that same week... life is too short...

[@avian9033]

I love Mercury. It's not as stunning to look at as our other planets, and it doesn't have the strange phenomenon of the gas giants, but it's more mysterious than some of the planets on the outer reaches of our solar system, thought it much closer to us than they are. I really wish we had photos from the surface of it as we do mars and venus

[@Squidgyy_]

Words cannot describe how fascinating space is

[@occamsrayzor]

A new Astrum video, even a redux, is always good news.

[@BisAlmighty]

Thanks for reuploading!

[@Vivaswaan.]

This increased my fascination for the planet Mercury. It's such an awe-inspiring world.

[@snuggles03]

My cat and I absolutely loved watching that video, thank you very much

[@zoefofo7769]

Wow I never knew that about mercury. Amazing. I love the video.

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

That was such an awesome explanation of the one year daytime one year night time condition! Thanks!!

[@low-phas]

Your visuals explained this very well. Thank you and all the best!

[@sulijoo]

Didn't Mercury also help to confirm General Relativity?

[@dalesajdak422]

Yeah, he should’ve mentioned that. The orbital precession is only possible with relativity.

[@PatThePerson]

Never heard of that general. Did they fight any wars?

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@dalesajdak422 What does precession have to do with it? I thought that the general relativity was confirmed by seeing starlight bent around our sun?

[@dalesajdak422]

@@stevencoardvenice That’s one way it was corroborated, but so is the precession of Mercury.

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@dalesajdak422 Precession is the wobble of the axis, correct? How does relativity affect mercury's precession?

[@SuperCleary]

Amazing video

[@abhishekhb2032]

i hope u get subs n views that ur content deserves. very informative unlike others where everything is graphics..

[@raghavendra6921]

Man great explanation , can be used for astrology

[@pmajudge]

AH!! DEADLY BUT LOVELY !!! OOOH! THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOON !!! THANKS ! "ASTRUM" EXCELLENT NARRATIVE ! FROM U.K. (2021).

[@dantarbuck]

Absolutely fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed that

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Me: Hasn't he done this video before? Sounds exactly the same except the audio is better recorded. Alex: I'm planning on remastering all of my the old planet videos. Me: Excellent!

[@richardwetzeliii4195]

I just found your channel and it is very interesting. I would also like to thank you for using both Imperial and Metric. Its very nice for everyone,

[@LFTRnow]

Interesting. I wonder if it might be possible to establish a permanent base on mercury. If you put it at the poles, the temperature is quite low but not ridiculously so, and stable. Envision building a greenhouse dome) covering a small area. It would bring the temperature up in that area under the dome permitting electronics, and possibly people, to visit it.

[@barahng]

Year late, but Isaac Arthur has a good video on that, and one for how we might colonize every other rocky object in our system including out to the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud. If I recall, the best way to deal with the radiation and heat would be to build in a crater or underground, and you could even spin up the entire habitat (rotating in another larger cylinder) to get Earth normal gravity inside. Would have to be fairly massive or spin quite quickly of course, but a permanent settlement probably would be anyways. And you'd definitely want 1g or close to it for a permanent human habitation. I highly recommend his channel if you often ponder things like permanent off world bases.

[@daltnic1]

Never knew mercury had water ice. I guess with it being closer to the poles, along with mercury hardly having an axial tilt and somewhat of an magnetic field that water is relatively safe...

[@RandyJames22]

Phenomenal graphics and editing, Astrum! ½M subscribers soon!

[@ArisEmriis]

Mercury is so metal! So many cool facts, thank you Alex!

[@Cynsome1]

A comparison of the moon and mercury size wise would be cool, also, would the sun look much bigger because mercury is so much closer to it? Things I must know...

[@kacornish1]

Excellent video. Quite a few things I didn’t know about Mercury.

[@marywright4934]

The most informative and interesting video as usual. Thank you

[@wasim_1998]

Please remastere all of them .. and audio quality is super good

[@Kamil_O]

nice to see updated version

[@shreeanshushahakar5903]

Nice video about Mercury 👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏

[@TrevorMawulana]

Thank you Alex for the video

[@SidSid-f1x]

I just love the planet Mercury. A feel like a lot of people just think mercury is a very boring planet but to me…their is just something so unique about it…

[@jeffreyknutson]

AWESOME!!! I love this stuff!!

[@ethanwinchester4585]

I was taught that Mercury was tidally locked and was under the presumption that ti was always facing same side to the sun the truth is far more fascinating thank you for taking the time to elaborate on it

[@der0hund]

Great Video! Very informative.

[@hydrotilling7043]

I wanted to say thank you mercury for being my friend you little Cupid❤

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Awesome! Love your shows!!

[@mmoarchives2542]

imagine hooking mercury up to electrical cable, unlimited power

[@trent4439]

UNLIMITED POWERRRRR!!

[@dickyvee]

UNLIMITED POWERRRRR!!

[@apcgamer2265]

UNLIMITED POWERRRRR!!

[@kaigh2001]

UNLIMITED POWERRRRR!!

[@KevyB.]

IMAGINE people quit being followers/copycats by saying "imagine" at the beginning of their post. 🙄🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Sentientdreamer]

Wow! Wonderful video and explanation! Thank you!

[@mjkim4477]

Thank you so much for this beautiful and informative video!