Mercury: Difference between revisions

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|system=[[Sol system]]<ref name="enc294">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 294'' (2011)</ref>

|body=[[Sol]]<ref name="enc294"/>

|position=First planet<ref name="enc294"/>

|government=[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''The Interplanetary War''</ref>

'''Mercury''' is the smallest and innermost planet in orbit in the [[Sol system]]. A small, terrestrial planet, Mercury is a barren world with virtually no atmosphere. Mercury's close proximity to [[Sol]] makes for an often hot environment on the planet; the planet's heat and small size prevent Mercury's gravity from retaining any significant amount of atmosphere.<ref name="enc294"/>

Due to Mercury's harsh nature, the planet is of little use to the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc294"/> Despite this, [[human]]ity has established [[antimatter]] production and solar research facilities at Mercury.<ref name="mythos"/>

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