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Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
It is a terrestrial planet that is full of craters. There is no water or atmosphere here. Because Mercury has no atmosphere and it is so close to the sun one that the planet can get up to 450 C* and the other side can get as cold as -180 C* !!! Mercury is 58 million kilometers away from the sun and is 4,879 kilometers in diameter. |