1. By: Aidan G. and Kennedy B. orrerydesign.blogspot.com
Mercury
By: Aidan G. and Kennedy B orrerydesign.blogspot.com

2. Mercury’s Orbit
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Because of this, it has the shortest orbit.
Mercury’s orbit takes 88 Earth days to rotate around the sun.
Since mercury’s orbit is so close to the sun, the temperatures can range from 800 degrees F. to -300 degrees F.
Rotation of its axis: 59 Earth days
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3. What Mercury’s Made Of Basically, Mercury is a ball of iron.
It is the second most dense planet, Earth is the first.
The core is 75% of the entire planet.

4. Mercury’s Wrinkles
Mercury’s wrinkles (or scarps) are all over the planet.
They are formed by the shrinking of the core.
The scarps can be 100 miles long and a mile high.
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5. How Mercury got its Name
In astronomy mythology, Mercury was the Roman version of the Greek god Hermes.
He was the messenger for the other gods.
Mercury is often seen in pictures with winged sandals because of the messenger/ god.
In addition to delivering messages, he was also the protector of travelers and merchants
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6. Fun Facts Heavily cratered, like earth’s moon.
On Mercury, you would weigh 27 pounds, if you were on earth you would weigh 70 pounds.
Mercury is nick-named the morning star, because it can be seen in the early morning.
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7. Mercury Video Enjoy the video!!!!

8. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)

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