2. DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
This planet is the 1st planet from the sun in the
solar system. It´s 57,9 million km from the sun. It
takes 88 days to orbit the sun.
3. Size and rotation:
It’s the same size as the Earth´s moon. It takes
58 days to rotate one time. It spins clockwise.
4. APPEARANCE
It´s covered with craters. It´s got volcaroes,
mountains and valleys. There isn´t any water. It´s
got a thin atmosphere. The temperature varies
from -170º degrees to 430º degrees. Mercury is
rocky with an iron core.
5. Extra information
• It is covered with craters where meteorites
and asteroids have crashed into it. Mercury is
the fastest orbiting planet in our solar system.
