MERCURY

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• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• It is one of the inner planets because it is located inside the asteroid belt.
• It is the smallest planet I our solar system.

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• Mercury has a weaker gravity than earth.
• My planet is known for being the fastest planet to orbit the sun and it is the closest to the sun.

The planet Mercury was named after the Roman messenger God Mercury.

The symbol for the planet Mercury is.

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• Mercury can get as hot as 840 degrees F during the day.
• Mercury temp attune drops as low as 275 degrees at night.
• Mercury has zero moons orbiting it

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• My planet can be seen without a telescope.
• My planet is made up of mostly rock.
• My planet does not have clouds.
• My planet does not. Have any rings around it.
• My planet is smaller than Earth.

SatelliteS AND ROBOTS THAT HAVE EXPLORED MERCURY

• The United States mariner 10 explored mercury in 1974 and 1975.
• The messenger explored Mercury in 2004.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MERCURY

• Mercury rotates once every 59 Earth days (the slowest rotation of any planet).
• The planet mercury is the second hottest planet in our solar system.
• Mercury's surface is much like the moon's surface.
• The time between one sunrise and the next is 176 Earth days.
• The length of one year for Mercury is 88 Earth days.