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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MERCURY

IS AN INNER PLANET BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE THE ASTEROID BELT.

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

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