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Mercury by:Amelia, Austin and Seth

Mercury and the sun

why can't there be life on mercury

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mercury is the closest planet to the sun, it is only 57,910,000 km far from the sun (for example earth is 149,600,000 km from the sun).

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, so that means it is very hot. It can get all the way up to 430 degrees celsius. Some areas of the planet are never exposed to sunlight.

Why is mercury so small

Austin chambers, Amelia davis and Seth willis.

Mercury has shrunk almost 9 miles in diameter which lead people to think why is it so small. Mercury is like a raisin spinning around the sun, mercury is shrinking and wrinkling. the planet is now up 8.6 miles (14 km) smaller in diamater then it was nearly 4 billion years ago.

How did mercury get its name

The planet Mercury got its name from a greek god named Mercury. The reason it was named that was because mercury is the fastest orbiting planet and the greek god is noticed as the swiftest and fastest god. the planet Mercury got its name because of that.

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