J+J's lurkery on mercury

Mercury 

'''What is Mercury? '''

'''Mercury has no moons also it is one of the eight plants in our solar system that orbits the sun. It is the closest planet to the sun, also Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Mercury orbits the sun faster than any other planet. Mercury is hard to see because it is so close to the sun.One day on mercury is 59 days on Earth and one year on Mercury is 88 days on Earth. This means that 2 and a half days on Mercury is one year on Mercury. Mercury days are so long because Mercury spins slower on it's axis compared to Earth. '''

by Jaeden

Mercury's magnetic feild

Mercury has a very weak magnetic field for example earth has a strong magnetic field so compass's needles will always point north but when you are on Mercury the compass does not work because the magnetic field does not pull the compass needle. by Jaeden

Mercury's climate

Mercury has a very wierd climate, at night the tempeture can drop to as low as negative 750 degrees F. also it can get up to 806 degrees F. mercury has a very thin atmosphere which means it can get really cold and really hot but it also means that you can weigh a lot on that planet. This is because it is so thin it tends to have a lot of craters because the meteorites and comets can go right through them.

by Jeran

Has anything or any one been to Mercury

There has been a space probe called mariner 10 that orbited mercury twice in 1974 and in 1975. this space probe took thousands photographs of mercury that scientists study. It was a unmanned space probe, that means that no astronauts or people have been to Mercury.

by Jeran

When was and who discovered Mercury?

No one knows who discovered Mercury, but it was known by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Also, no one can pin-point the exact time when people first humans saw mercury.

by Jeran

The Ancient Mercury

Billions of years ago meteorites and comets made out of water, gas and dust thrown at around the newly formed planets. Some of these rocks crashed into mercury which formed large holes on the surface, these were called craters.

by Jaeden



 Mercury compared to earth

                                                  MERCURY                                           EARTH chart from Mercury page 15

