Number of moons: 0
Temperature: -279°F to 800°F. So REALLY cold or REALLY hot depending on if you're in the shade or not!
Mercury is a ball of rock.
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Its grey surface is covered with craters. It would not be very nice to live on Mercury, because it is either REALLY hot or REALLY cold. Distance from Sun: 36,000,000 miles
Diameter: 3,032 miles or about 1/3 that of Earth
Number of moons: 0
Length of year: 88 Earth days
Temperature: -279°F to 800°F
Mercury is a ball of rock with an iron core.
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Its greyish surface is covered with craters made by objects that hit the planet. Mercury has no atmosphere and no water, and the surface would be very unpleasant to be on. The side of the planet that faces the Sun gets very hot, and the side that faces away from the Sun gets very cold. Distance from Sun: 36,000,000 miles
Diameter: 3,032 miles or about 1/3 that of Earth
Number of moons: 0
Length of year: 88 Earth days
Temperature: -279°F to 800°F
Mercury is a ball of rock with an iron core.
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Its greyish surface is covered with craters made by objects that hit the planet. Mercury has no atmosphere and no water, and the surface would be very unpleasant to be on. The side of the planet that faces the Sun gets very hot, and the side that faces away from the Sun gets very cold.
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