By Nicole Selg, Megan Schwartz, and Julio Maldonado

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Mercury

• By Nicole Selg, Megan Schwartz, and Julio
  Maldonado

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All About Mercury

• Mercury is 29 million miles away from the Sun.
• 801degrees at daytime.
• -280 degrees at nighttime.
• The length of Mercurys year is 88 days.
• Every 13 years you can see Mercury pass over the
  sun.

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More Facts

• Mercury may have water and ice inside its craters
• Mercury is a difficult planet to see from Earth.
• It is so close to the Sun that the sunlight
  usually obscures it.

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Symbols

• Mercury got its name from Mercury, The Mystical
  Roman Winged Messenger and the Escort of Dead
  Souls.

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Interesting Facts

• Mercury speeds around the sun every 88 days at 31
  miles per second faster than any other planet.
• The 1st planet from the sun.
• Currently the smallest planet in our solar
  system.
• Surface resembles Earths moon by many impact
  craters.

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Presented on October 28, 2008