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Mercury was discovered by the Ancients.

The mass of Mercury is 5% of Earth.

Mercury was the Roman version of the Greek god Hermes in astronomy mythology.

On Earth, you way a lot more than you would on Mercury because Mercury is a lot smaller than Earth and has less gravity than Earth!

If you weigh only 70 lbs. on Earth, you way only 27 lbs. on Mercury!

I wish I lived on

Mercury, I would not weigh a

lot!

Mercury shines very brightly in early morning just before the sun rises, so sometimes Mercury is called a “morning star.”

It is also called an “evening star” because of the same reason. Picture from:

lunarplanner.com

Sometimes, Mercury is often visible for a short period of time right after the sun sets.

Mercury’s core covers up about 75% of the planet.

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Next to Earth, Mercury is the 2nd most dense planet in our solar system.

As Mercury’s iron core cools, it shrinks causing its rocky crust to become wrinkled.

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Scientists started calling Mercury’s wrinkles Lobate Scarps.

It takes Mercury 59 days to rotate, but only 88 days to circle around the sun.

On Mercury, there are 2 fewer days in a year.

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YAY!

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That was Josie Channell’s solar system project on…. Mercury!

What was something new you learned about

Mercury???

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