MERCURY

SIZE AND LOCATION

• Mercury is the first planet from the sun.
• It is one of the inner planets because it is located in side the asteroid belt .
• It is the smallest planet in our solar system.

ORBIT AND GRAVITY

• It takes my planet 88 days to orbit the sun.
• Mercury has weaker gravity than Earth.
• My planet is known for being the fastest but smallest planet and is the closest to the sun.

NAME AND SYMBOL

• Mercury was named after the Roman Messenger God Mercury,fastest Roman god.
• My planets symbol is 'Hg'.
• The temperature on Mercury is 801 Fahrenheit.
• Mercury has two moons orbiting it there names are Neso and Ganymede.

PLANET AWNSERS

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

NAME OF SATELLITE OR ROBOT THAT TRAVELED TO MERCURY

• Mariner 10 1974-1975
• Messenger 2011-2013

INTERESTING FACTS

• If you weigh 100 pounds on earth you would weigh 30 pounds on Mercury.
• Mercury has a diameter of 4,879 km making it the smallest planet.
• A day on the surface of Mercury last 176 earth day's.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu
• Qrg.northwestern.edu
• NASA.gov
• Lightcinthealark.com
• Gemstonuniverse.com
• Planetsforkids.com
• Scholastic.com

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