"Mercury on its axis turns like the Moon: One side has lasting day, the other night; One side in everlasting fire doth swoon; While th'other hides forever from the light."
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Quoted in Sky and Telescope, March 2011, p. 33
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Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian, noted for his observations of Mars and Mercury.
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