MERCURY

By: Jayce Topham

Mercury• The only planet closest to the sun• It got its name from the fastest

roman god

• Mercury was discovered in 1970

It got its name from the fastest roman god Mercury.

Mean density is 0.984Mean radius is 1,516 milesMass 0.984 (Earth =1)

Exploration

Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 and 1975. Nasa’s messenger flew by in 2008 and2009.

Features

•Mercury has huge craters and cliffs as high as 3 km.

Moons

• This planet has no natural satalights.

Bibliography

• Nasa what is the planet Mercury. URL: http://www.nasa.gov/adience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-planet-mercury-5-8html

• EBSCO Host: Planets of the solar system • Astromany by ralph feather jr copy date 2002• The near planets