Mercury is the first planet closest to the sun. Mercury is 56 million miles away from the sun. Every Mercury year is 88 days. Since Mercury is so fast it's named after the messenger god Hermes. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun one side is very cold and the other side you would get a third degree burn. It circles the sun the fastest. mercury at night looks like amber light.
Mercury’s sunny side has a temperature up to 400° Celsius or 750° Fahrenheit. Mercury’s dark side has a temperature that goes down to -200° Celsius or -328° Fahrenheit. Mercury can be seen, with the naked eye, low in the west just after sunset or in the east just before dawn. About once every ten or fifteen years Mercury can be seen crossing the Sun, this is also called a Transit.
Mercury has a large, cool and iron core. Mercury has an egg shaped orbit. At times, Mercury's orbit brings it closer to the Sun and other times it is far away from the sun. if you moved to mercury then you would weigh less, not because you would lose weight on because there is less gravity on mercury than earth.
most of these facts are from planetsforkids.org/planet-mercury.html and http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mercury.htm
Mercury’s sunny side has a temperature up to 400° Celsius or 750° Fahrenheit. Mercury’s dark side has a temperature that goes down to -200° Celsius or -328° Fahrenheit. Mercury can be seen, with the naked eye, low in the west just after sunset or in the east just before dawn. About once every ten or fifteen years Mercury can be seen crossing the Sun, this is also called a Transit.
Mercury has a large, cool and iron core. Mercury has an egg shaped orbit. At times, Mercury's orbit brings it closer to the Sun and other times it is far away from the sun. if you moved to mercury then you would weigh less, not because you would lose weight on because there is less gravity on mercury than earth.
most of these facts are from planetsforkids.org/planet-mercury.html and http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mercury.htm