@article{10.18756/edn.96.76, title = {{ Mercury in the Schultz Diagram}}, shorttitle = {{ Mercury in the Schultz Diagram}}, author = {Kollerstrom, Nicholas}, journal = {Elemente der Naturwissenschaft}, year = {2012}, volume = {96}, pages = {76--78}, url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/edn.96.76}, doi = {10.18756/edn.96.76}, issn = {p-ISSN 0422-9630}, language = {en}, abstract = {Some people are perplexed by the {`}Mercury diagrams{'} of Joachim Schultz1. These denote the motion of Mercury over the course of a year, as seen from Earth, with respect to an immobile Sun at the centre. They use the astronomical co-ordinates called Right Ascension and Declination, which means that it is motion with respect to the Equator-plane of the Earth. So these diagrams show Mercury{'}s apparent motion with respect to the Earth{'}s equatorial plane. [...]}, annote = {Some people are perplexed by the {`}Mercury diagrams{'} of Joachim Schultz1. These denote the motion of Mercury over the course of a year, as seen from Earth, with respect to an immobile Sun at the centre. They use the astronomical co-ordinates called Right Ascension and Declination, which means that it is motion with respect to the Equator-plane of the Earth. So these diagrams show Mercury{'}s apparent motion with respect to the Earth{'}s equatorial plane. [...]} }