4.03: the planets identify the characteristics associated with the terrestrial and jovian planets
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4.03: The PlanetsIdentify the characteristics associated with the Terrestrial and Jovian
planets.
Adventure through the Solar System!
Mercury: The first Planet from the Sun
Mercury Bio/Facts
Diameter: 4880 km
Relative Mass (Earth = 1): 0.06
Density (kg/m3): 5430
Distance from Sun (AU): 0.39
Length of Day: 4222.6 hours
Length of Year: 88 days
Mean Temp: 332.6 ⁰F
Atmosphere
• No sustained atmosphere
• Slight, thin “exosphere” made up of Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, and Sodium that is constantly being lost and replenished
Moons
• According to our scans, Mercury has no moons!
• How lonely!
Pictures
• As we travel by and on Mercury write down 1 observation about Mercury and what you can see at each location!
What is this dark spot at the North Pole?
Blue???(Its false color, but why are there different surfaces?)
Video!
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