Mercury

​​ MERCURY

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. (Abby-3B Jupiter Team) The planet Mercury was named after the Roman god who was known to be speedy.Mercury is the closest to the Sun .Next comes Venus,Earth,and Mars.(Ava-3B Team Saturn)

Mercury is small hot dry and airless.(Sophia-3B Communication Team)

Mercury has a diameter of 3,032 miles (4,879 kilometers), about two-fifths of Earth's diameter. Mercury orbits the sun at an average distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), compared with about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) for Earth. Because of Mercury's size and nearness to the brightly shining sun, the planet is often hard to see from the Earth without a telescope. At certain times of the year, Mercury can be seen low in the western sky just after sunset. At other times, it can be seen low in the eastern sky just before sunrise. (Hailey-3B Team Uranus) temperatures can reach 873degressF (467degressC),but since there is little atmosphere to trap the Sun's energy,they plunge to - 274degressF (-170degressC) on it's night side.Mercury as no atmosphere at all.(Ava-3B Team Saturn) These four rocky planets are much smaller than the four giant outer plantes--Jupiter,Satern,Uranus and Neptune--wich are made up mostely of gasses.