{"id":2092,"date":"2010-10-04T19:03:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/10\/mercury-has-a-tail.html"},"modified":"2010-10-04T19:03:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T19:03:29","slug":"mercury-has-a-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/10\/mercury-has-a-tail.html","title":{"rendered":"Mercury has a tail!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hermes1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/69\/import\/Hermes1.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"238\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two satellites peering at the sun have snapped photos of Mercury&#8217;s long, comet-like tail, but it took an amateur astronomer to bring the pictures to light.<br \/>\nThe twin satellites are part of NASA&#8217;s Stereo (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) mission. They zip around the sun in Earth&#8217;s orbit, one behind our planet and one ahead of it. Their main job is to monitor the sun and its atmosphere&#8230;.<br \/>\nScientists have known for years that Mercury has a long tail. From Earth it can be seen by analyzing light from sodium gas sputtered off Mercury&#8217;s surface. The sun&#8217;s intense radiation pressure pushes many sodium atoms off into space, creating a tail that extends far beyond the planet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/scienceastronomy\/satellites-spy-mercury-tail-100922.html\" target=\"_blank\">read more here&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Often astrologers look at the physical makeup of a planet to determine its energetic influence.  For example Uranus, with its unusual orbit (it rotates on its side), rules eccentricity.  Neptune is shrouded in mists, and it has a similar effect on our lives.  Mercury is known as the &#8220;winged footed messenger,&#8221; and now it appears that the planet actually has wings as well!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two satellites peering at the sun have snapped photos of Mercury&#8217;s long, comet-like tail, but it took an amateur astronomer to bring the pictures to light. The twin satellites are part of NASA&#8217;s Stereo (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) mission. 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