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Mercury

Mercury is located 57,910,000 km from the sun. It's size is 4,880 km in diameter and 3.30e23 kg in mass.

The temperature variations on Mercury are the most extreme in the solar system ranging from 90k to 700k.

Mercury's name in Roman mythology Mercury was the winged messenger of the gods. Mercury's surface is heavily cratered and very old. It also has no plate tectonics.

Mercury has many special features it's interior is dominated by a large iron core whose radius is 1800 to 1900 km. The silicate outer shell is only 500 to 600 km thick. Mercury has a very thin atmosphere consistive of atoms blasted off it's surface by the solar winds. Mercury doesn't have any satellites.

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