MERCURY

MERCURYS NAME

• Mercury was named after the messager God.
• Mercury was also the God of travelers.

POSITION IN SOLAR SYSTEM

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• It is 35.98 million miles away from the sun.

ROTATION AND SIZE

• Mercury take 23 hours and 56 minutes for a rotation
• Mercury is 2/5 of earths size
• Is the smallest planet

GRAVITY AND ORBIT

• If you are 100 pounds on earth then you are 36 pounds on Mercury
• Less gravity than earth
• 88 days to orbit

ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE

• Mostly hydrogen,helium, and oxygen. Very thin atmosphere.
• -279°F at night 801°F during day

COMPOSITION

• Rocky with a thin crust
• Core is made of iron and makes up most of the composition

MOONS AND RINGS

• Mercury has no moon
• Mercury also has no rings

HOW WOULD HUMAN FARE

• Would freeze to death at night
• Would burn to death during the day

SOMETHING SPECIAL

• No person has ever orbited the planet let alone been on it.
• Most elliptical orbit of all the planets.

DISCOVERY

• By Sumerians
• Discovered around 2nd millennium B.C.