Mercury

By

Cameron

Introduction

Mercury is the planet closest to the sunMercury is the planet closest to the sun

Mercury is a rocky planet with a core made of Mercury is a rocky planet with a core made of nickel & iron.nickel & iron.

Mercury has many craters made by Mercury has many craters made by meteoroids meteoroids

Statistics

MoonsMoons

Mercury has no moonsMercury has no moons

Length of dayLength of day

58 Earth days58 Earth days

Length of yearLength of year

88 Earth days88 Earth days

How bigHow big

Mercury is the smallest planetMercury is the smallest planet

Interesting Facts

Mercury has no atmosphereMercury has no atmosphere

Mercury has no air--not even poisonous airMercury has no air--not even poisonous air

Mercury is not the hottest planet even though it is Mercury is not the hottest planet even though it is the closest planet to the sun--Venus is the hottest the closest planet to the sun--Venus is the hottest planetplanet

Mercury has no moons because the Sun’s Mercury has no moons because the Sun’s gravitational pull can pull one moon into the Sun’s gravitational pull can pull one moon into the Sun’s own atmosphere in one secondown atmosphere in one second

Interesting Pictures

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