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Mercury

Mercury. By: Charlee Fore & Kendall Bowman. videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTaAoWs-Mo&feature=player_detailpage#t=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ESA52j_U9NM. Fun facts. Since it is so close to the Sun we don’t know a lot about Mercury

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Mercury

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  1. Mercury By: Charlee Fore & Kendall Bowman

  2. videos • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTaAoWs-Mo&feature=player_detailpage#t=0 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ESA52j_U9NM

  3. Fun facts • Since it is so close to the Sun we don’t know a lot about Mercury • It is only 35,983,095 miles from the Sun • It has very little gravity, it also is very hot during the day and extremely cold at night so people could never live there • Even though Mercury is small than Earth in size it weighs more than Earth because it is made of Iron • It would take 18 Mercury's to be as big as Earth

  4. Pictures of mercury

  5. Facts • Mercury doesn’t have any rings • Only two spacecraft have visited this rocky planet: and MESSENGER, which flew past Mercury three times before going into orbit around Mercury in 2011. • Daytime Temperatures on Mercury can get up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit and down to -290 degrees Fahrenheit

  6. Messenger

  7. Mariner 10

  8. quiz • 1. How many moons does Mercury have? A. 5 B. 9 C.0 D. 2 • 2. Which is true about Mercury? A. it is largest planet B. it has no gravity C. It is always extremely hot D. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun • 3. What is Mercury made of? A. Iron B. Mercury C. Metal D. Sand

  9. Quiz • 4. Is Mercury… A. A planet suitable for a human B. a planet not suitable for people C. Can anything grow on Mercury D. An outer planet • 5. How many Mercury's would it take to be as big as Earth? A. 23 B. 4 C. 18 D. 16

  10. sources • http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-planet-mercury-k4.html • www.jpl.nasa.gov • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Planets&IM_ID=6144

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