1. Mercury By Zachary Ballard

2. What Is Mercury Made Of It has a thick dense iron core It has lava flow all around Many Volcanoes Made of a lot of rock and metal

3. Earth Vs. Mercury

4. Mercury’s Moon Astronomers found something orbiting the planet Mercury many suspected that it was a moon but scientists and astronomers proved the it was a far off sun

5. History of discovery Mercury was discovered since ancient times It was found by seeing a small black spot over the sun Astronomers wanted to know what it was and found out it was a planet. They named it Mercury

6. History of exploration It was explored by the mariner 10 Took a lot of pictures mostly of the surface of mercury Was sent into the path of mercury and orbited it 3 times

7. Mythology The meaning of the name mercury means Hermes Hermes is the messenger of the gods and the god of pranks and trickery

8. Age 4.5 billion years old

9. Pop Culture In lightning thief Luke’s dad is Hermes the god of tricks