Friday, March 30, 2012

Mercury's orbit!!

Mercury's orbit!!!

More Facts about Mercury!!!

Mercury rotates around the sun in 88 days! Mercury barely has an atmosphere, but does not have glaciers! During the day, the average temperature on Mercury is 800 degrees farenheit! During the night the average temperature -300 degrees. Mercury is about 36,000,000 miles from the sun. These are very amazing facts!!1

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Satellites that have been to Mercury!

Mercury can be seen at night without a telescope. Mercury is made mostly of rock. Mercury has no clouds. Mercury does not have rings around it. Mercury is much smaller than Earth. "Mariner 10" went to Mercury in 1975 and got some upclose shots. The "Messenger" went to Mercury in 2008 and got some more pictures! The latest satellite to go to Mercury it "BepiColombo" in 2011! These satellites are amazing!

Mercury's origin!!!

 Mercury was named after a mythical roman god. He was named after the messenger god. Greek name is Hermes.
It is believed that is can get to a scorching 800 degrees on the planet surface. Mercury has zero moons orbiting it.
Mercury does not have any moons.

Facts about Mercury

Mercury is the 1st planet from the sun. It is one of the inner planets because it is located inside the asteroid belt. It is the 2nd smallest planet in our solar system. It takes my planet 87.969 days to orbit the sun. Mercury has weaker gravity than Earth. My planet is known for its amazing temperatures. it can be boiling hot during the day and below zero at night.