Mercury or Bust: - Chasing Down the Galaxy's Fastest Planet

[Dover]

In December, NASA's Messenger probe will execute a deep-space maneuver, burning through 151 pounds of fuel to tweak the trajectory of its 4.9-billion-mile, seven-year journey. The destination: an orbit path around Mercury. Just 27 months to go! Here's how to catch a planet going 30 miles per second.
http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/16-12/st_orbit

[FiveGoodMen]

1. The GALAXY'S fastest planet?! How in the hell would anyone know that?

[laconicsax]

2. Who cares if it's accurate so long as it makes for a good headline.

[anigbrowl]

4. It's Wired, why am I not surprised.

[Bill McBlueState]

3. In fact, Mercury is clearly not the Galaxy's fastest planet.

The "hot Jupiters" found orbiting other stars have much higher orbital velocities.