MERCURY

PLANET ESSENTIALS

• Mass: 3.3x10(23)
• Diameter: 4879.4
• Distance from sun: 57,909,175
• Density:5420kg
• 58.65 earth days = 1 day
• 87.79 earth years = 1 year
• Distance from earth 77 million km
• Volume: 6.08272x10(10) km3
• Surface area: 7.4797x10(7) km2

PLANET ESSENTIALS PART 2

• Gravity: 3.7 m/s2 100lbs earth = 38lbs Mercury
• Atmosphere= hydrogen, helium, oxygen very thin, constantly being blown away by sun.
• Mercury has no rings nor moons, the Suns gravity would interfere with anything orbiting the planet

PLANETARY ART

• Mercury= Roman messenger God Mercury
• Unique because it is the smallest of the eight planets, it is gravitationally locked which in itself is unique to the solar system, it has been around since ancient times, around 3000 BC

PLANET EXPLORATION

• Mariner 10 1974-1975
• Mapped half of the planets surface
• Discovered the thin atmosphere
• Detected it's magnetic field

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CITATIONS😒

• "Mercury Profile." Mercury Profile. Nasa, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.
• "Ask an Astronomer." Cool Cosmos. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.
• "Mercury: By the Numbers." N.p., n.d. Web.
• "Atmosphere of Mercury." Thin , Formation and Composition. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.

QUIZ (ALL T OR F)

• Mercury is closest to the sun.
• Mercury has a very thick atmosphere.
• Mercury is a Greek messenger.
• Mercury has 4 moons.
• Mercury is 77 million km from earth.

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