MERCURY

MERCURY	Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It is the first of the nine planets.
SIZE:	3,000 miles in diameter.
ORBIT TIME:	88 Earth days.
ROTATION TIME:	59 Earth days.
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN:	36,000,000 miles.
MOONS:	none.
RINGS:	none.
TEMPERATURE:	minimum temperature is -280 Farenheit.
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The closet planet to the Sun.

Dry, rocky atmosphere that is so thin that it barely exists.

Second to smallest planet.

Hard iron core.

Greatest temperature variance due to it’s thin atmosphere(-180 to over 450 C).