1. Mercury Amanda

2. My Planet Distance from the sun58 million km Length of Year88 Earth days Average Orbital Speed5,865 days Diameter4,876 km Mass or weight3.30 x 10 23 kg or 726 x 10 23 lbs. SizeSlightly larger than the Earth’s moon Moons or Satellites0

3. What does Mercury look like? Mercury’s surface looks red and orange with many craters. This planet has enormous canyons, that are hundreds of miles high. Mercury has lava that covers it.

4. What color is Mercury? The color of Mercury is a duller orange and red. Mercury is also the color Caloris Basin which is red, brown, and orange. The Caloris Basin is also the smooth part of the planet.

5. What is the surface made of? Mercury’s surface is made of rock, and hard crust. There are a lot of craters and the surface is covered with lava that dries and becomes the hard crust. There are many craters made from asteroids and meteors.

6. Interesting facts about Mercury Mercury’s side that faces the Sun can get up to the temperature 4,270 degrees F. The side facing away from Mercury is about -183 degrees F., just during the day. About 4 billion years ago, a 100 km. wide asteroid hit Mercury and the asteroid was about the size of Texas.