Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It was named after the Roman messenger god Mercury because it moves quickly around the sun. While no single person discovered Mercury, it has been known since the 7th century BC. Mercury orbits the sun every 87.9 Earth days and rotates once on its axis every 55.64 Earth days, making a day on Mercury over twice as long as a year. It is a hot planet with large temperature variations and many impact craters, and cannot support life on its surface.

1. Planet : Mercury
By : Gerardo Aguirre

2. Mercury
• How did Mercury get its name?
• The Romans knew of seven bright objects in
the sky, the sun, the moon and the five
brightest planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune. They named them after their
most important gods. Because Mercury was
the fastest planet as it moved around the
sun, it was named after the Roman
messenger god Mercury.

3. Mercury
• Who discovered Mercury?
• There is no single person who is credited with the
discovery of Mercury. Mercury is one of the five planets
that can be seen in the night sky without using a telescope
or binoculars.
• Mercury was found in the 7th Century B.C.
• They found Mercury by looking up in the sky and they saw
a bigger, brighter object in the sky that was Mercury.

4. Mercury
• Mercury is the 1st planet in our solar system. And Mercury
is the hottest planet in our solar system.
• Mercury is 36 million miles from the sun.
• Mercury is .307 AU from the sun.

5. Mercury
• It takes Mercury 87.9 Earth days to
orbit the Sun.

6. Mercury
• It takes 55.64 Earth days for
Mercury to rotate on its axis.

7. Mercury
• Mercury is sort of similar to our moon. But Mercury is
10x’s hotter than the moon. One side of Mercury is very
hot, but the other side is very warm. And on the opposite
side facing the sun, the other side is a blue, gray, purple
color mixed together. And Mercury has many craters.
• Mercury can’t support life on it’s surface.