MERCURY

STATISTICS OF MERCURY

• Diameter- 4879 Au
• Density- 5.44 g/ cubic cm
• Revolution period- 88 days
• Rotational period- 58 days and 15.5 hours.

FEATURES OF MERCURY

• Has many craters
• Underground volcanoes
• No moons or atmosphere
• Has a molten rock and iron core.
• Is hot in the day but freezing at night.

HISTORY OF METCURY

• Mercury was deemed a planet by Copernicus.
• It was named after Hermes because it moves the fastest around the Sun.
• Copernicus knew it was a planet because it orbited the Sun, just like Earth.

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