Mercury

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Thirteen times a century, Mercury passes across the face of the sun. This is called a Transit. The next Transit is not until May 9 2016.

Mercurys year is equivilant to 88 earth days. This is the shortest year. Mercury goes around the sun four times every earth year. Mercury has shallow craters. Although there is one crater, called the Caloris Basin, that was formed by a collision with another rocky planet. The Caloris Basin is larger than the difference between Canberra and Brisbane.

​ The average temperature on Mercury at daytime is 450'c and -170'c at nightime.

. It takes 5.5 monthes to get to Mercury from Earth.

If you were on Mecury, the sun would look twice the size of Earth.

Mercury is 58km away from the Sun.

There is no water on Mercury.

Mercury was named after the roman god of trade and profit.