Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the first planet from the Sun, completing an orbit in just 88 Earth days; despite being closest to the Sun, it is the second hottest planet with surface temperatures reaching 800°F, and it has no moons or rings while possessing a stone surface covered in craters and an exosphere composed of oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium, and potassium.
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I am the first planet from the sun [music] you see. My name is Mercury.
Nothing orbits faster than me. The smallest planet with the second hottest [music] degree. My name is Mercury. No one is smaller than me. Messenger of the gods is what Mercury means. [music] The Romans gave me my name cuz I'm the fastest they'd seen.
>> [music] >> A bit bigger I'd be than the Earth's moon that you see. To fill the Earth one [music] time, it would take 18 of me. I am the first planet >> [music] >> from our sun that beams, but I'm the second hottest. I can reach 800° [music] 88 Earth days is the amount that I take to orbit our sun once. That makes one year on me. I am the first planet [music] from the sun you see. My name is Mercury. Nothing orbits [music] faster than me. The smallest planet with the second hottest [music] degree. My name is Mercury. No one is smaller [music] than me.
59 Earth days equals one day on me.
>> [music] >> My surface is made of stone covered in craters you see.
Oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium, and potassium make up my exosphere.
I have no moons and I have no rings, but I'm the second densest planet amongst all the things. I am the first planet from the sun you see. [music] My name is Mercury. Nothing orbits faster than me.
The smallest [music] planet with the second hottest degree. My name is Mercury. No is [music] smaller than me.
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