1. Mercury

2. History Galileo had found Mercury in 1610 Galileo found Mercury because he had used a telescope to find the planets and found Mercury 1631-French astronomer Pierre Gassendi made first telescopic observation of the transit of Mercury across the face of the sun This is a picture of Galileo

3. Roman is the God of Mercury commerce, travel and thievery, the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes,the messenger of the Gods.

4. Solar System Mercury is the closest to the sun The distance is 57.8 million miles from the sun 175.97 days is the orbital period 58 days 15 hours 30 min is the rotation Mercury is the first plant from the sun

5. Moons Mercury has no Moons Pictures of Mercury with no moons around it

6. Information about Mercury Every 7 years or so Mercury can be seen from Earth passing across the face of the sun This happens because Mercurys obit is inclined by 7 degrees to the plan of Earths orbit and its know as a transit The next transit of Mercury is on May 9, 2016 and will be visible from Europe in the afternoon

7. Appearance Mercury is bare rock The color of Mercury is gray

8. Rings Mercury has no rings A picture of Mercury with no rings around it

9. Exploration March 1974 Two missions explored Mercury : Mariner 10 and Messenger Messenger stands for, MErcury Surface Space ENvironment GEochemistry and Ranging mission

10. Facts Mercury has a very low surface gravity There also is no water in Mercury A year on Mercury is 88 day’s long Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar systems Mercury is so close to the sun,the daytime temperature is scorching reaching over 400 degrees Celsius