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Mercury. By: Austin, Grant and Skylar. A Picture of Mercury. Picture from NASA. Where is Mercury?. Mercury is one of nine planets in the solar system. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. How far is Mercury from the Sun?. Picture from NASA. Mercury is 35,980,000 miles from the sun.
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Mercury By: Austin, Grant and Skylar
A Picture of Mercury Picture from NASA.
Where is Mercury? • Mercury is one of nine planets in the solar system. • Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
How far is Mercury from the Sun? Picture from NASA. Mercury is 35,980,000 miles from the sun.
What is Mercury’s temperature? Day: 800°F (when facing the sun) Night: -300°F (when not facing the sun)
How big is Mercury? Mercury is 3,031 miles across.
Some facts about Mercury • Mercury’s surface has craters like the Earth’s moon. Mercury’s surface • 1 year on Mercury is 88 days. Picture from NASA
Where We Got The Pictures • Picture of Mercury http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ solar_system_level1/mercury.html • Picture of Sun http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ solar_system_level1/sun.html • Picture of Mercury’s Surface http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/ mercury/merc_surface.html