Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System . It's orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 days , the shortest of all the planet's in the Solar System.  It is named after the Greek God Hermes, translated into Latin Mercurius Mercury , God of commerce, messenger of the gods , mediator between God's and mortals. Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth orbit as an inferior planet , and it's apparent distance from the Sun as viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°.

Mercury rotates in a way that is unique in the Solar system. This proximity to the sun means the planet can only be seen near the western horizon after sunset or eastern horizon before sunrise usually in twilight. The planet telescopically display the complete range of phases similar to Venus and the Moon as it moves in its inner orbit relative to earth which recurs over its synodic period of approximately 116 days.

Mercury appears to have a solid silicate crust and mantle overlying solid l, iron sulfide outer core layer a deeper liquid core layer and a solid inner core.

Mercury is one one of the four terrestrial planets in the solar system and is a rocky body like Earth . It is the smallest planet in the solar system, with an equatorial radius of 2439.7 km ( 1,516. 0 mi ).

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