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    Mercury: What Is The Planet Mercury?

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    Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has no moons and its surface is covered in impact craters. A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days. Mercury experiences extreme temperatures due to its proximity to the sun and lack of atmosphere. Venus is similar in size to Earth but has a dense, hot atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide that causes a powerful greenhouse effect. The atmospheric pressure on Venus's surface is 92 times greater than Earth's and surface temperatures reach over 860 degrees Fahrenheit. Spacecraft have revealed Venus's surface is covered in volcanic mountains and plains.

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    Mercury: What Is The Planet Mercury?

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    Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has no moons and its surface is covered in impact craters. A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days. Mercury experiences extreme temperatures due to its proximity to the sun and lack of atmosphere. Venus is similar in size to Earth but has a dense, hot atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide that causes a powerful greenhouse effect. The atmospheric pressure on Venus's surface is 92 times greater than Earth's and surface temperatures reach over 860 degrees Fahrenheit. Spacecraft have revealed Venus's surface is covered in volcanic mountains and plains.

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    Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has no moons and its surface is covered in impact craters. A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days. Mercury experiences extreme temperatures due to its proximity to the sun and lack of atmosphere. Venus is similar in size to Earth but has a dense, hot atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide that causes a powerful greenhouse effect. The atmospheric pressure on Venus's surface is 92 times greater than Earth's and surface temperatures reach over 860 degrees Fahrenheit. Spacecraft have revealed Venus's surface is covered in volcanic mountains and plains.

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    Mercury: What Is The Planet Mercury?

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    Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has no moons and its surface is covered in impact craters. A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days. Mercury experiences extreme temperatures due to its proximity to the sun and lack of atmosphere. Venus is similar in size to Earth but has a dense, hot atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide that causes a powerful greenhouse effect. The atmospheric pressure on Venus's surface is 92 times greater than Earth's and surface temperatures reach over 860 degrees Fahrenheit. Spacecraft have revealed Venus's surface is covered in volcanic mountains and plains.

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    MERCURY

    What Is the Planet Mercury?


    -Mercury is a planet in our solar system. It is the smallest of the eight planets. It is also the closest to
    the sun. Mercury goes around the sun the fastest of all the planets. Mercury has no moons.
    How Big Is Mercury?
    -Mercury is a little bigger than Earth's moon. It is made of heavier materials, like iron. But if you could
    weigh Mercury and the moon, Mercury would weigh a lot more. Mercury is heavy, but it is small. It
    would take more than 18 Mercurys to be as big as Earth.
    Where Is Mercury?
    -Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury goes around the sun once every 88 Earth days. A
    day on Mercury lasts a lot longer than a day on Earth. One day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.
    What Is Mercury Like?
    -The surface of Mercury looks like Earth's moon. It is covered with holes. The holes are called impact
    craters. The craters were made by rocks falling from space. The rocks are going very fast when they
    hit Mercury. A hole is made where the rock hits. Earth has a blanket of air around it. Mercury does
    not. The blanket is what helps keep Earth from getting too hot or cold. Because it is so close to the
    sun, Mercury can be very hot. At night, Mercury gets very cold. We could not live on Mercury!

    VENUS
    Venus Inside and On Top
    -Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and is Earth's closest neighbor in the solar system. Venus is
    the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, and sometimes looks like a bright star in
    the morning or evening sky. The planet is a little smaller than Earth, and is similar to Earth inside. We
    can't see the surface of Venus from Earth, because it is covered with thick clouds. However, space
    missions to Venus have shown us that its surface is covered with craters, volcanoes, mountains, and
    big lava plains. The surface of Venus is not where you'd like to be, with temperatures that can melt
    lead, an atmosphere so thick it would crush you, and clouds of sulfuric acid that smell like rotten eggs
    to top it off!

    Air on Venus
    -The atmosphere of Venus is very hot and thick. You would not survive a visit to the surface of the
    planet - you couldn't breathe the air, you would be crushed by the enormous weight of the
    atmosphere, and you would burn up in surface temperatures high enough to melt lead.

    The atmosphere of Venus is made up mainly of carbon dioxide, and thick clouds of sulfuric acid
    completely cover the planet. The atmosphere traps the small amount of energy from the sun that
    does reach the surface along with the heat the planet itself releases. This greenhouse effect has made
    the surface and lower atmosphere of Venus one of the hottest places in the solar system! Why should
    Venus and not the Earth have a hot and thick atmosphere? Some scientists call it the Goldilocks
    phenomenon.
    Discover Venus
    -Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky. It is always found near the Sun. It rises and sets each
    day, so it has the nicknames Morning and Evening Star! Scientists found that Venus rotates
    backwards. This means that on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east. We've sent a lot
    of spacecrafts to visit Venus. They found out that Venus' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and
    sulfuric acid. This is not good air to breathe!
    MERCURY
    VENUS

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