Mercury

        Facts About Mercury  

Mercury is the first planet to the sun. Mercury and Venus have no
moons or rings because they are very small planets. Mercury is
the smallest planet in our solar system and is the second hottest planet.

For every 2 orbit  of the Sun, which takes around 88 Earth days,
Mercury completes three rotations of its axis. It is gravitational
locked and this rotation is unique to the solar system.

Every seven years or so, Mercury can be seen from Earth passing
across the face of the Sun. This happens because Mercury’s orbit
is inclined by 7 degrees to the plane of Earth’s orbit and its known
as a transit.

The next transit of Mercury is on May 9, 2016 and will be visible
from Europe after noon.Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar
system , mercury has wrinkles and also is the closest planet from
the Sun. A day on Mercury takes 176 earth days.

Mercury, actually experiences higher temperatures. This is because
Mercury has no atmosphere to regulate temperature and results in
the most extreme temperature change of all the planets – ranging
from 170 280 during the night to 430 800 during the day.

By : Ngakiri