Mercury
The "Sunny" Planet
Why would someone want to live on Mercury?
- It is a very sunny planet, being the closet to that sun.
- You weigh a lot less on Mercury then on Earth.
- The temperature change is so drastic from -173 degrees to 427 degrees so you could be cooled off and warmed up all in one day!
Distance from the sun
- 35.98 million miles
Diameter
- 4879 km
Length of day
- 58 days, 15 hours, 30 min
Length of year
- 88 days
Number of moons
- None
Number of rings
- None