Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Mercury




                                          PLANET:Mercury


      Planet Order 1 from the Sun (1-8 from the Sun)
   
     Distance From the Sun (Km) 58 millions of km


    Mass 0.06(Earth=1)   Diameter 4878 km


   Rotation 59d ays      Revolution 88d ays


   Of Moons 0 Terrestrial OR Jovian (Circle)


   Planet Description (What is it like on this planet?)
   However, astronomers learned a lot when, in 1974 the space probe mariner
   10 visited mercury and sent back photographs.


   2 Interesting Facts
   Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
   In the 1990s, radar was used to study mercury's surface. 






     

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