Mercury

• The planet nearest to the sun is called Mercury.Mercury Is the smallest planet in the solar system. The surface of Mercury is full of craters of different sizes similar to that of the moon.
• Mercury has almost negligible atmosphere consists of atoms blasted off itds surface by the solar wind
• The surface temperatures range from about 90K to 700K(-183C to 427C).
• Mercury is hidden in the sun's glare most of the time
• So it is occasionally visible just before the sunrise or just after the sunset