Researched by Monia, Daija, and Johntrell

Location

• Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun.

• It is 36 million miles away from the Sun.

• It is the first inner to planets.• Your journey will take several

months.• Sometimes Mercury goes in

front of the Sun.• This is called a transit, and it

happens every few years.• Soon you are in orbit around

Mercury. • Scraps formed when Mercury

was young.

Composition

• A day on Mercury lasts 176 Earth days.

• Mercury is very heavy, and its outer crusts are light.

• Mercury is a planet that zooms very fast in space.

• A long time ago, people looked up in the sky.

• They saw small, bright object that looked like a star.

Unique Facts

• Mercury spins like a top in the sky.

• It never stops spinning. • Nothing can move Mercury

from its spot.• Mercury has no moons. • Only half of Mercury faces

the Sun at a time.• Mercury is the first planet.• Mercury has bugs on it. • There are ants, bees,

butterflies, and spiders.

Previous Missions

• In the century one A.D, the Greek scientist Ptolemy first thought that everything in the universe circled Earth.

• Ptolemy believed that Mercury was just beyond the moon, follow by Venus then the sun, and the other planet and stars.

• Today only one probe has been to Mercury because it spins so fast.

• Mariner 10 reached the planet in 1974.

Conclusion

• As scientists, we know that you can’t live on Mercury because it gets very hot and cold.

• At night, it is freezing -275 degrees F. In the day time, it is a flaming hot at 840 degrees F.

Robot Exploration

• Magic Magnificent Mercury Machine has two simple machines: a screw so it can hold the neck and a wheel and axle for the feet. This makes it easy roll around on Mercury.

• This machine will pick up samples, and it can take pictures of Mercury.

Mrs. Stone’s class MONIA, JOHNTRELL, DAIJA