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 **Mercury **


 * Mercury is the innermost planet in the solar system. It is the 2nd densest major body in the solar system after planet earth. Mercury travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit. It takes 88 days to revolve around the sun. It is about 28,580,000 miles from the sun at its closet point, and 43,380,000 miles from its farthest point. **


 * __Quick Facts__**
 * Size: 3,031 miles (4,878 km ) diamete r
 * Temperature: -279 degrees Fahrenheit to 801 degrees Fahrenheit (-173 degrees Celsius to 427 degrees Celsius).
 * One Day: 59 Earth days.
 * One Year: 88 Earth days. [[image:mercurydiagram.png align="right" caption="1. Crust—100–300 km thick 2. Mantle—600 km thick 3. Core—1,800 km radius"]]
 * Mercury is a battered and baked planet
 * Just larger than Earth's moon
 * Has no Satellites
 * Mercury's magnetic field has a strength of about 1% that of Earth' s