MercuryBy Paul McCarron and Evan Smith

• Mercury is the smallest of the 8 planets

• Diameter is 4,879 KM

Size Of Mercury

• Surprisingly high gravity• 38% of Earths Gravity

Gravitational Force On Mercury

• Mercury is 58,000,000 km from the sun

Distance from the Sun

• It takes about 59 Earth days for one full rotation (1 day) on Mercury

• Mercury’s Year is 87.97 Earth days

Length Of Time On Mercury

• Temperature ranges from about -183 degrees C to 427 degrees C

Temperature

• The Surface Of Mercury resembles the surface of Earth’s moon

• Scared by Craters, which can reach up to be 1,300 km.

• It can get to be hot enough to even melt lead.

Surface Features

• Mercury is the winged Messenger god of the Romans, and also the son of Jupiter.

Mythology

• Mercury doesn’t have any moons!

• Mercury is about 77.3 million km away from Earth

• Mercury has a 0 degree axis tilt.

Fun Facts!

• Landau, Elaine. Mercury. New York, NY: Scholastic, 2008. Print

• World Book. Mercury & Venus. Chicago, IL: World Book 2007. Print.

• No Author. “Mercury” National Geographic. NASA/JPL, 2011. Wed 3/1/11

• Frasier Cain. “Gravity on Mercury”. University Today. Publisher not found, March 1, 2008. Web. 3/2/11

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