- good essay. watch akward structures!
Laolee Xiong
Period 2
2/26/97
MERCURY
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It's average distance from the sun is approximately fifty-eight million km and it's diameter is 4875 km, making it the second smallest planet in our solar system. It's volume and mass are about 1/18 that of the earth and it's average density is approximately equal to that of the earth. Mercury's magnetic field is one-hundred times weaker than that of Earth's. Mercury has the shortest revolution of all the planets in our solar system and revolves arou…
