Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and the 1st planet from the sun. Mercury is also called "The Swift Planet" because of it's speed. Mercury is a Inner or a Terrestrial Planet.

Overview
Mercury's trip around the Sun takes 87.97 days, so 1 Earth Year is equivalent to 4 Mercury Years. Mercury has no Natural Satellites, or Moons. The reason mercury has no moons is because of it's size and gravity. If a asteroid came by and was heading toward Mercury, The Sun's Gravitational Pull may eat the asteroid before it even got close to the surface of the gigantic ball of flames. Mercury was also named after the Messenger Of The Gods, Hermes. The reason Mercury was named after the Messenger Of The Gods because of Mercury's Speed. It has the shortest tripe around the Sun and it is very close so it feels like your in blue lava. You would not be able to stand on the surface on Mercury because of it's temperature reaching over 840 degrees Fahrenheit in the day but in the night, it drops to -180 degrees Celsius. Mercury is an odd planet because not only 1 Earth Year is equal to 4 Mercury Years, but in the day it is so hot you can grab a piece of meat and cook it on the surface, but in the night its so cold that the meat will be frozen. Mercury is very odd. Mercury is also the second most densest planet in the solar system. Each cubic centimeter has a density of 5.4 grams. This is due to the fact that Mercury is mainly Iron and Rock. Mercury is the most cratered planet in the Solar System. The Caloris Basin is the largest impact crater to ever hit Mercury. It is roughly 1,550 km in diameter. Only 2 Spacecrafts have ever visited Mercury. The first one to ever visit Mercury was Mariner 10 and Mariner 10 flew past mercury 3 times and the other one was Messenger Probe. This was during 1974-1975 and 2004.

Distance From the Sun
Mercury is approximately 35.98 million miles away from our beautiful gigantic ball of red and yellow flames, the Sun.