MercuryBy Chris Butler

Mercury and the Sun artwork The planet Mercury upper right is seen partially illuminated by the Sun lower left Earth blue dot far right and Venus yellow dot between Mercury and the Sun are also shown Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun a millionkilometres distance average less than half the distance of Earth from the Sun Its kilometrediameter is less than half the size of the Earth Mercury is a rocky planet that orbits the Sun in Earth days With a rotational period of Earth days it rotates three times in two of its years with a sunrise every two Mercury years Its temperatures range from degrees Celsius day to degrees Celsius night