mercury

Wow, mearcury thats a big topic to cover well it is 3030 miles across.It is about 3/8 of the Earth. Another thing is that 1 day in Mercury is 176 Earth days. Mercury is very hot and can scorch you in a second. Mercury has a wierd rotation. It is lopsided. The mass is 0.055. Mercury has many scares of collision on the planet. Not to mention Mercury is the closeted to the sun! Mercury gets as hot as 660F. Hot enough to melt lead. Believe it or not the moon has more craters then the moon! Mercury is thick that cause the craters! Mercury is known as an inner planet because it is close to the sun.

|| Mercury is so close to the Sun, and so small, that it has only a very small atmosphere. It has been blown away by the Sun's solar winds. That means that there is almost no air on Mercury. Mercury has no moons, || || ||  **Mercury means: ** Mercury was the Roman version of the god Hermes. He was the messenger for the other gods, and for this reason Mercury is often depicted in pictures with winged sandals. In addition to delivering messages, he was also the protector of travelers, and merchants. **How much would you weigh on Mercury? ** If you moved to Mercury you would not weigh as much as you do on Earth. Not because you would lose weight on the space ship, but because Mercury is smaller, and so has less gravity. If you weigh 70 pounds on Earth, you would weigh only about 27 pounds on Mercury. **The Planet: ** **Mercury is a world of extremes. Because it is so close to the Sun a visitor could easily cook to death. However because mercury spins so slowly it gets very cold in the night time, which means a visitor could also freeze to death. ** Mercury is so close to the Sun, and so small, that it has only a very small atmosphere. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/the_planets.htm 
 * We are just starting to understand this world. It looks a lot like our moon, because it has craters and basins. Scientists used to think it acted like the Moon, but we are now learning that Mercury is in fact very different. In 2004 NASA plans to send a orbiting probe to the planet to learn more about it. **
 * Moons: **
 * <span style="color: #00ffd7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Mercury Has no moons. **