MERCURY

10 Interesting facts about Mercury!!! Even though it is the closest planet to the

sun it is still not the hottest planet because the temperature is uneven

The side of Mercury which is not facing the sun is extremely cold and the other side facing the sun is extremely hot

Mercury is the first planet of the solar system Mercury is a part of a group of planets called

the Rock Midgets

10 interesting facts pt.2 It takes 88 days for Mercury to fully orbit the

sun ones The distance between Mercury and the sun is

57,900,000 km away from each other For Mercury it takes it 59 days just for it to do

1 rotation From Earth, Mercury looks just like an ordinary

star just like all the other planets Mercury has no life form on it and no

atmosphere also! Many astroids and meteorites hit Mercury all

the time

What is Mercury made

up of? Mercury is mostly made up with mountains and craters

It has water ice left over from the crashing meteors and comets

70% of Mercury is made up of iron The air on Mercury is packed with

Carbon-Dioxide The atmosphere is too thin on Mercury for

it to carry heat to the other side or the other

How old is Mercury?

Mercury is about 4.95 billions years old, it is similar to Earth

Mercury is one of the oldest planet in our solar system because it orbits the sun in such a little time

Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the sun while Earth takes 365

Mercury takes about 4 months(Earth time) to orbit the sun

How much does Mercury

Weigh Mercury has no weight But Scientist has estimated that is could

probably weighs about 3.3x10.23 kilograms

The size of Mercury

Mercurys diameter is 4879 kilometres while Earth’s diameter is 12,756 kilometres

Mercury is just a bit larger than Earth’s moon

Mercury is now the smallest planet because Pluto is no longer an ordinary planet

Mercury’s diameter is 1404 kilometre more than the Moon’s diameter

Mercury may have fooled many people into thinking that it was the moon but they could tell that it wasn’t because it is a bit bigger than the moon and its an orangey colour

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