Mercury+by+Alicia+&+Fiona



Mercury **Name:** Mercury ** History: ** Mercury was first found in 1737 by [|John Bevis]. It is named after the Roman Mercury the god of commerce, travel and thievery; the planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky

** Location: ** Mercury is the 1st planet from the Sun. It is 57 million km away from the Sun. ** Diameter: ** The diameter of mercury is 4879.4 km. ** Mass: ** The mass of Mercury is 3.303x10 23 kg. ** Rings: ** Mercury has no rings but it is possible that this planet use to have rings in the past. ** Appearance: ** Mercury has a dark grey surface. ** Volume: ** The volume of Mercury is 6.084x10 10 <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Km <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Temperature range: ** The temperature range of Mercury is -173 degrees Celsius to 427 degrees Celsius. <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Atmosphere: ** The atmosphere of Mercury includes [|hydrogen], [|helium], oxygen, sodium, calcium, [|potassium] and water vapor. <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Moons: ** Mercury has NO Moons, probably because Mercury is closest to the sun, like Venus. <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Interesting facts: ** Because Mercury is so close to the sun, a person could easily cook to death. Mercury also spins slowly, and it gets very cold at night, and a person can freeze to death. It is the smallest planet in the solar system, apart from Pluto. Mercury is just larger than the Earth’s moon. <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Bibliography: ** __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] __ <span style="background-color: #f6eafb; color: #b100ee; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|www.kidsastronomy.com/the-planets.htm]__