Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system.
For every 2 orbits of the Sun, which takes around 88 Earth days, Mercury completes three rotations of its axis.
It is gravitationally locked and this rotation is unique to the solar system.
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system.
For every 2 orbits of the Sun, which takes around 88 Earth days, Mercury completes three rotations of its axis.
It is gravitationally locked and this rotation is unique to the solar system.
Mercury
is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
Its orbital period around the Sun of 87.97 days is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.
It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods.
Its orbital period around the Sun of 87.97 days is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.
It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods.
Mercury's extreme temperatures and lack of an atmosphere would
make it very difficult, not impossible, for people to live on the planet.
Radius: 2,440 km
Length of day: 58d
15h 30m
Orbital period: 88 days
Did you know: Mercury
is made of about 70% metallic and 30% silicate material. wikipedia.org