MERCURY

WHERE IS MERCURY LOCATED?

• It's between the Sun and Venus.
• It's 35,983,605.7 miles from the Sun
• It's 3032.291 miles in diameter

ADDITIONAL INFO

• It has no moons/satellites
• It is about 800 F
• It has a surface gravity of about 0.38g
• It takes about 59 Earth days to complete one rotation
• 58 Mercury days is equivalent to one Earth day

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MERCURY AND EARTH

• There are 24 hours in a day on Earth
• There are 58 days to one Earth day

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MERCURY AND THE MOON

• Surface temperatures
• Density
• Atmospere

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Terrestrial planet - rocky planet
• Made out of silicate/metals
• Circles around the sun faster
• Smallest planet in solar system

MERCURY FROM EARTH'S PERSPECTIVE

• Mercury is so hard to see because it's the closeted planet to the sun
• Light from the sun interferes with being able to see it