Falling Into Mercury (Simulation)

Realistic simulation of what you would see if you'd fall into the planet Mercury. This was made using the software Space Engine with a lot of editing and other stuff.

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Music: 'Adrift Among Infinite Stars' by Scott Buckley
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[Stargaze_youtube]

Now that we've fallen into all the planets in the Solar System, what would you like to see next??

[cyberrain]

Although we're in a protective suit, I should have brought sunscreen.

[scorb-]

Something about the surface of Mercury just feels so despondent. Unlike the other planets, it's just completely dead. Still. No windstorms, no aurora, just miles of barren grey rock, stretching both back into the past and forward into the future for what is essentially an eternity. Even on the Moon there's at least the Earth in the sky and occasional eclipses; but Mercury's only constant companion is the near-static Sun that super-heats its surface, the same entity that will eventually cause its end. It's just baffling that such a large celestial object; a so-called heavenly body, could be so... quiet.

[ahadadil]

At this point, doom guy is just flexing with his infinite stamina and indestructible nature.

[gudomana]

WAKE UP BABE, IT'S NEW STARGAZE VIDEO

[clamallama]

Tried watching but died because we weren't wearing our indestructible suit.

[Omnywrench]

It's a bit odd how the Sun seems smaller than I expected from Mercury's surface. Oh sure it's definitely bigger, but from all the other photos and models of Mercury I would have expected it to take up half the sky or something. That's what always fascinates me about simulation videos like these; they really help give me a greater sense of scale and proportion when it comes to space objects.

[Cyberlanky]

I don't know why, but Mercury came across as rather sad. Quite a moving video.

[starstrudel]

Something I love about your videos is you play the most appropriate music that invites awe and contemplation and sometimes fear. With the soft subtitles, the experience is truly immersive.

[REZrblde]

Without our indestructible suits the only thing we will be falling into is despair

[SweatyBetty]

You should do falling series into major stars, both dwarf and supermassive red giants!

[fabiansass]

When you've fallen into every planet in the solar system, multiple moons and a quasar, but you've never fallen in love

"Hello darkness my old 💀

[nbfrgnl]

3:25 during the day the planet is burning hot. With temperatures up to 420 degrees.

Snoop Dogg: _boards spaceship_

[etyhernayanti]

I just searched "falling into mercury" at the right time

[justregulardude]

Thanks Stargaze for realizing my request, nice vid

[TheLevrion]

There are true double sunrises (& sunsets!) on Mercury, but only if you are at the right longitudes. Here the sun rises, sinks back, then rises again. Then, at sunset, it sets, comes back, then sets properly. At other longitudes, 90deg away from the previous, you get double noons, where the sun passes overhead, stops & backtracks, then resumes its passage westward. Likewise there are double midnights, but there’s nothing dramatic to see there.
This is all due to Mercury’s eccentric orbit & rotational locking, whereby it rotates three times for every two orbits of the sun. Its rotational speed is constant, but its orbital velocity changes greatly. When it is closest to the sun its orbital velocity makes a greater contribution the the sun’s apparent motion than its rotation does, and in the opposite direction. Owing to rotational locking, the longitudes where these phenomena are seen do not change.

[enderethan]

3:51 As creepy as that looks it’s actually quite beautiful.

[jaimemartinezcruz]

Discovered these videos just 2 days ago and so glad to see another one. Thank you so much!!

[NickCorvello]

Loved the music choice for this one. It fit very well with the episode

[stonersgym]

I haven't been this excited for a new video, since falling into Uranus