Mercury
Sign in to savefirst planet from the Solar System and smallest among all, tellurian and with extreme temperatures
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Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System and the one closest to the Sun, with a rocky surface and temperatures that swing wildly between extremely hot and extremely cold. Understanding Mercury helps scientists learn how planets form near stars and how extreme environments can exist in space.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- inferior planet
- Has part
- atmosphere of Mercury
- Named after
- Hermes
- Demonym
- Mercurien
- Area
- +74800000
- Highest point
- Caloris Montes
- Parent body
- Sun
- Child body
- Mercury's moon
- Distance from Earth
- +217000000
- Diameter
- +4878
- Radius
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Apparent magnitude −2.48 to +7.25 Absolute magnitude (H) −0.4 Angular diameter 4.5–13″ Atmosphere Surface pressure trace (≲ 0.5 nPa) Composition by volume atomic oxygen
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