By: Jesse Ko

Some basic facts

• Closest planet to the sun
• Smallest planet in our solar system
• Low gravity level
• Made of mainly metals and rock
• Only has about 5.5% of Earth's mass
• Second densest planet after Earth
• Diameter is 4,879.4 across

More basic facts

• The second hottest planet
• Orbit period only 88 days
• Very dark grey color
• Has a molten core
• No moons or rings
• Has a thin atmosphere
• Can be seen from Earth every 7 years

Interesting Facts

• Known to humans since ancient times
• Doesn't experience any seasons
• Orbits so fast that people used to think that it was two different planets
• Didn't know that Mercury was a planet until 1543
• Named after roman messenger of the gods

More Interesting Facts

• Mercury has the largest temperature swing of any planet
• Once thought that there was a planet named Venus between Mercury and the sun
• The Hubble telescope can't view it
• Mercury actually has a egg shaped orbit
• Has more craters than any other planet

These are some of the Technologies used to explore Mercury.

Mariner 10

Messenger

Bepicolombo

Any Questions?

Thank you for listening!

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