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Where does Mercury fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?Key facts
- Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System.
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
- Mercury has the greatest temperature variation of any planet.
- The surface of Mercury is covered in craters and has barely any atmosphere.
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Mercury
Closest planet to the Sun
Average distance from the Sun 58 million km
Mercury has the greatest temperature variation of any planet
Night: -180°C
Day: 450°C
Mercury is full of craters
Brahms crater 96 kilometres across
Mercury barely has any atmosphere- a trillionth the density of Earth's!
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