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Mercury
Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System, with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. Seen from Earth, it appears to move around its orbit in about 116 days, which is much faster than any other planet. It has no known natural satellites. The planet is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger to the gods.
It's surface area is 28.88 million sq miles (74.8 million km), It's distance from the Sun is 35,980,000 miles (57,910,000 km), It's orbital period is 88 days, It's radius is 1,516 miles (2,440 km), Its mass is 328.5E21 kg (0.055 Earth mass), it has no moons, and it orbits the Sun.
Mercury