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Mercury

Mercury. Ashlee Beaver Alexis Pochubay. Table of contents. Distance from the sun How many earth days does it takeMercury to go around the sun How fast does the planet rotate compared to earth What is the temperature on Mercury? When was Mercury discovered and by whom?

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Mercury

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  1. Mercury Ashlee Beaver Alexis Pochubay

  2. Table of contents • Distance from the sun • How many earth days does it takeMercury to go around the sun • How fast does the planet rotate compared to earth • What is the temperature on Mercury? • When was Mercury discovered and by whom? • What is the surface like and from what material is it made? • Mecury’s Atmosphere. . . • Mercury can or cannot sustain life • Other interesting facts about Mercury • Resources

  3. Distance from the sun • Mercury is the closest to the sun and is only 56.9 million km. away. • It’s three times closer than Earth. • It’s closer and farther from the sun at different points of time.

  4. How many earth days does Mercury take to go around the sun? • 88 days • Since Mercury is the closes planet to the sun it takes shorter days • It rotates around the sun quicker and makes the days shorter

  5. How fast does it rotate compared to Earth? • It’s rotation is 58.6 hours • It rotates slower than earth • At the closest orbit Mercury is only 46 million km from the sun

  6. The temperature on Mercury • 800 F during the days • 350F during the night • The Ancient Greeks referred to Mercury as Apollo “the evening star” • The Greeks also called it the “Wondering star”

  7. Mercury was discovered and by who? • Mercury was discovered by Ancients • The planet Mercury has been around for so long people don’t even now when it was discovered • The planet Mercury was first photographed in detail on March 29th 1974

  8. What is the surface like on Mercury and what is made out of? • The planet is made out of rocks, and is terrestrial • Mercury is a solid planet because it is closest to the sun • (Terrestrial means that something can walk on Mercury or it could hold weight on its surface)

  9. Does Mercury have an atmosphere? • Mercury does not have an atmosphere because it traps all the suns heat • Mercury does not have an atmosphere but it does have glaciers

  10. Could life survive on Mercury? • No, because if all the heat is trapped in the atmosphere it would feel like living in an oven for 30 days • There is no air on Mercury because it is so hot

  11. Interesting facts about Mercury! • Closest to the sun • Named after a Roman god • No moons • The color is dark gray • The size is 4,879 km along the equator • One side is always hot and one side is always cold • The temperature can get as low as -183c (on the cold side)

  12. Resources • http://www.facts-about .org.uk/science-wplanet-mercury-planet-info.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/25401/data/mercury/index.html • http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/mercury_worldbook.html • http://www.factsmonk.com/mercury_facts_kids

  13. Hot side cold side

  14. The End

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