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The Solar System: Mercury

Mercury Facts

Diameter: 4,879 Km (3,032 miles)
Distance from Sun: 58 million km (36 million miles)

Time for one rotation: 58.6 Earth days
Time to go round the sun once: 88 days
   
The first planet out from the sun is MERCURY.

Every seven years or so mercury can be seen
from the earth passing across the face of the
sun - this is known as a transit.

 Mercury is a rocky planet which has many craters formed when meteorites hit the surface.

The surface temperature varies between -173 and 427°C!
   

 

Earth Facts

Diameter: 12,742 Km (7,896 miles)
Distance from Sun: 150 million km (93 million mi)

Time for one rotation: 24 hours
Time to go round the sun once: 365 days

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