MERCURY

MERCURY THE GOD

• Mercury was the fastest planet that went around the sun,so it was named after the fastest Roman God Mercury.
• A Frenchmen Antoine Laovoisier discovered Mercury .

MERCURY AND THE SUN

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

FAR

• Mercury is 35,980,000 miles from the sun.

EARTH VS MERCURY

• It takes 58 Earth days for Mercury to rotate on its own axis.

MERCURY'S SIZE

• Mercury is 3,030(two-fifths )the size of Earth
• Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.

MERCURY 'S ORBIT

• It takes 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

TEMPERATURE

• Mercury is 801 Fahrenheit when it is facing the Sun, and -279 Fahrenheit when it is not facing the Sun.
• Mercury can be way hotter and way colder than Earth.

ARE YOU RED OR GREY

• Mercury looks like Earth's moon.It is also rocky.

MOONS OR RINGS

• Mercury does not have moons or rings.The sun's gravity would interfere with anything that orbited Mercury.

SPECIAL FACTS

• Mercury has more crates and impact marks then any other planets.1974 a spacecraft captured the first images of Mercury.

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