Download 4.03: The Planets

4.03: The Planets
Identify the characteristics associated with the Terrestrial and Jovian
planets.
Adventure through the Solar System!
Mercury: The first Planet from the Sun
Mercury Bio/Facts
Diameter: 4880 km
Relative Mass (Earth = 1): 0.06
Density (kg/m3): 5430
Distance from Sun (AU): 0.39
Length of Day: 4222.6 hours
Length of Year: 88 days
Mean Temp: 332.6 ⁰F
Atmosphere
• No sustained atmosphere
• Slight, thin “exosphere” made
up of Hydrogen, Helium,
Oxygen, and Sodium that is
constantly being lost and
replenished
Moons
• According to our scans, Mercury has no moons! 
• How lonely!
Pictures
• As we travel by and on Mercury write down 1 observation about
Mercury and what you can see at each location!
What is this dark spot at the North Pole?
Blue???
(Its false
color, but
why are
there
different
surfaces?)
Video!