MERCURY

INFORMATION

• Size: dismeter is 4,879
• Composition: 70 metals, 30% silicate materials, 5.43% g/cm3
• Atmosphere: small amounts of hydrogen, helium, oxygen and tiner amounts of
• Sodium, Potassium, calcium, magnesium, and some gas
• Temputures: 425*C in the day, -170*C in the night

INFORMATION

• Suface features: crators, ridges, and terrains,
• The biggest basin in the Caloris Basin
• Mercury has no moons
• Space probes: Mariner 10 and MESSENGER

FUN FACTS

• Smallest planet inthe solar system
• Mercury was identified as the Greek god hermes
• Second densest planet
• The caloris basin is one of the biggest basins in
• The solar system

Messenger

EARTH VS. MERCURY

CALORIS BASIN