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Mercury. By: Billy Murillo. Distances. Mercury is 28,580,000 miles from the sun Closest planet to the sun Perihelion distance is 10 to the 6 th kilometer. Ratio .313 Aphelion distance is 10 to the 6 th kilometer. Ratio .489 Mercury is .39 AU from sun. Tempatures.
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Mercury By: Billy Murillo
Distances • Mercury is 28,580,000 miles from the sun • Closest planet to the sun • Perihelion distance is 10 to the 6th kilometer. Ratio .313 • Aphelion distance is 10 to the 6th kilometer. Ratio .489 • Mercury is .39 AU from sun
Tempatures • Temperature on Mercury's equator can reach 660degree’s f, 350degree’s Celsius. • Lowest it can get is -275degrees F. -170degrees Celsius.
Size • You can fit 18 Mercury’s into one Earth. • Mercury’s diameter is 3,032 miles. 4,879 kilometers. • Smallest planet in solar system. • Much less mass than Earth. • Mercury is slightly smaller than Earth.
Atmosphere and Gravity • If you weigh 100kg on Earth, you would weigh 38kg on Mercury. • Mercury has 38% force of gravity, compared to Earth. • Atmosphere doesn’t have enough gasses to reduce heat.
Orbit • Mercury orbits once every 59 Earth days. • Mercury goes around the sun every 88 Earth days. • Mercury goes around the sun in the least amount of time compared to all the other planets.
Mercury’s Surface • Mercury’s surface has many craters. • Mercury has a crater called Calor, it has a diameter of 840 miles. • Surface is similar to the moons, it has many craters. • Mercury is a terrestrial planet.
Composition • Mercury has a core of liquid metal. • Mercury’s mantle is made of silica. • It has a solid outer crust.
Mercury’s Day • Mercury’s day is approximately 4,222 Earth hours.
Facts • Mercury’s core is 42% of mercury • The largest crater on Mercury is Color. • Mercury travels 31 miles per second • First spacecraft to visit Mercury was Mariner10. • Mariner 10 photographed 45% of Mercury’s terrain.
Facts • Mercury has no known moons. • Mercury's diameter is 40% smaller than Earth’s. • Mercury travels around the sun in an oval. • Mercury was first photographed on March 29, 1974 • Mercury’s diameter is 40% larger than Earth’s.