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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MERCURY
IS AN INNER PLANET BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE THE ASTEROID BELT.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
It is the first planet from the Sun.
IT IS ALSO THE SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR System.
IT TAKES MERCURY EIGHTY-EIGHT DAYS TO ORBIT THE SUN ONCE.
MERCURY
HAS A WEAKER GRAVITY THAN EARTH.
MERCURY SHRANK AS MUCH AS 4.4 MILES
AS IT COOLED BILLIONS OF YEARS AFTER BIRTH
ROMAN GOD MESSENGER.
MERCURY IS THE FASTEST PLANET TO ORBIT SO IT WAS NAMED AFTER THE
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE
ON MERCURY IS 840 DEGREES AND THE LOWEST IS -290 DEGREES.
MERCURY HAS ZERO MOONS
ORBITING IT.
MERCURY
- Mercury can be seen at night with a telescope
- My planet is mostly made of rock
- My planet does not have clouds or rings
- It is also smaller than Earth
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
ONLY ONE SATELLITE NAMED
MESSENGER HAS BEEN TO MERCURY IN 2011
FUN FACTS
- People found out about Mercury in the 14th century B.C.
- Mercury is the most cratered plant in the solar system
- It it the second hottest planet
- Thirteen times during a century Mercury can be seen by people on Earth
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
