Atlas — the interactive world
the Solar System · Explore · schematic figure · 8 planets · 5 dwarf planets · 2 belts · 1 comet · positions computed for today · editorial corpus · no live source connected
Mission · ESA · En route
BepiColombo
- Launched —
- 2018-10-20
Encounter order — not trajectory
- 1. 2021-10-01 · Mercury · flybyBepiColombo’s first Mercury flyby
- 2. 2025-01-08 · Mercury · flybyBepiColombo’s sixth and final Mercury flyby
- 3. 2026-11 · Mercury · orbit insertion · declared target — not flownBepiColombo Mercury orbit insertion — declared target
An encounter sequence is the order the records give, not a flight path. Atlas holds no trajectory for these missions and draws none.
Dates are the operator’s mission record; none was network-verified in this production run, and the record says so.
Schematic · log-compressed · ranked discs · not an ephemeris — full statement →
Schematic view: distances are log-compressed (to true scale Neptune sits 30× Earth’s distance) and discs are ranked by size, not to scale. Positions computed from JPL mean orbital elements for today — an orientation good to a few degrees, not an ephemeris.
Data: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet · JPL approximate elements · JPL small-body database (1P/Halley).