Mercury

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Mercury

• Produced by Diala, Anastasia and Jennifer

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SIZE

• Its about the same size as the moon. Its mass
  (weight) IS 1/20 that of Earth. Its diameter is
  2/5 that of our planet. Mercury is a small planet.

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Distance from the sun

• Ranges from 46 million km 70 million km.

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Atmosphere

• Because Mercury is closet to the planet to the
  sun you might expect it to be the hottest in the
  solar system.

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Temperature

• 167 degrees Celsius ( 333 degrees Fahrenheit)

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Gravity

• 3.70

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Length of day and night

• 4222.6 hours

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Length of year

• 88.0days

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Type of surface

• Dusty, powdered rocks called regolith, large
  boulders called breccias.

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Other interesting facts

• Mercury is hard to see from Earth even though it
  sometimes looks brighter than any of the stars in
  the sky . Mercury s density is 5.4 which means
  the planet is 5.4 heavier than an equal amount of
  water.

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Why should we live on Mercury

• I certainly think that we should not live on
  mercury, what do you reckon?

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Temperature

• Mercury is way to hot! for humans to live on
  youll melt and burn thats how hot it is, no one
  would love to live on mercury no way!

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Does mercury have a solid surface?

• Yes it does , but its too close to the sun if
  someone wants to live on their crazy for sure.

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Distance from the Earth

• 5-10 years from earth to get to mercury so it
  takes a little bit long.

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Water

• Mercury does not have any water because the sun
  shines on Mercury so thats why theres no water.

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Gravity

• Its very low that you can fall through the
  planet.

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Atmosphere

• There is no atmosphere in Mercury because its
  the closest planet to the sun. You wont be able
  to breathe because theres no oxygen.