1. MERCURY
By: Jayce Topham

2. Mercury The only planet closest to the sun
It got its name from the fastest roman god

3. Mercury was discovered in 1970
It got its name from the fastest roman god Mercury.

4. Mean density is 0.984 Mean radius is 1,516 miles Mass 0.984 (Earth =1)

5. Exploration
Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 and Nasa’s messenger flew by in 2008 and2009.

6. Mercury has huge craters and cliffs as high as 3 km.
Features
Mercury has huge craters and cliffs as high as 3 km.

7. Moons
This planet has no natural satalights.

8. Bibliography
Nasa what is the planet Mercury. URL:
EBSCO Host: Planets of the solar system
Astromany by ralph feather jr copy date 2002
The near planets