Mercury

Mercury 1. The atmosphere of Mercury is very thin made up of blasted Atoms of its surface by solar winds. Mercury is so hot that the atoms quickly escape the atmosphere. However the atmosphere is quickly being replenished. 2. Mercury surface is composed of many steep slopes and long cliffs from errosion and faulting. Some cliffs cut through rings of crators and other surface features suggesting that it formed by compression. 3. The revolution period or (length of the year) equals 87.97 earth days and the rotation period or (lenght of the day) equals 58.65 earth days. 4. Mercury has no current satellites or moons. 5. Mercurys location relative to the sun are it orbits close to the sun at about 36 million miles. 6. Mercury was named buy the Greeks and named for its fast orbital period. One being Apollo for when it appeard as a morning star and Hermes when it came as an evening star. 7. 8. 1) Mercury is one third the size of Earth. 2) Mercury has the greatest temperture range of all the planets or any natural satellite. 3) Mercury is the fastest to orbit the sun. 4) Mercury diameter is 3,032 miles long. 5) Mercury's atmosphere is made up of hydrogen and helium traces. 6) Mercury is very similar to our moon. 7) Mercury is the smallest Planet in our solar system. 8) There are no seasons on Mercury because of the perpendicular to its motion. 9) Mercury has a large iron core which is likely to be partly molten 10) Mercury was the last explored inner planet in our solar system. 11) Mercury can only be observed in the day because it is so close to the sun. 12) Mercury's surface is heavily cratered. 13) Mercury is very bright and is the brightest planet. 14) Mercury was mistaken as a star in ancient times because of its brightness. 15) Mercury was discovered in the 3rd millennium BC. 9.