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Last Updated: Wednesday September 26 2007 11:46 GMT

Mercury

Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
  • 4,880 km wide
  • 57.91 million km from the Sun
  • Temperature - minus 170 degrees Celsius at night, 350 degrees Celsius in the day
  • Its year is 88 Earth days long
  • Its days last 59 Earth days
  • It doesn't have any real atmosphere
  • Its core is iron


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