PPT-Planet Mercury. Yibran Perez .Devon Lyle, Draven Soto

Mercury At a Glance Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and due to its proximity it is not easily seen except during twilight For every two orbits of the Sun Mercury completes three rotations about its axis and up until 1965 it was thought that the same side of Mercury constantly faced the Sun Thirteen times a century Mercury can be observed from the Earth passing across the face of the Sun in an event called a transit the next will occur on the 9th May 2016. Devon Greyson & Jean Shoveller devon.greyson@alumni.ubc.ca http://devongreyson.ca 8 Acknowledgments Devon Greyson is supported in part by a CIHR Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Dr . O’B The Totally Terrific T’s. Taylee Shomo and Tyler Liebentritt. Inner Planet. Mercury is an Inner Planet. Inner planets are rocky like Mercury. Inner Planets including Mercury don’t have solar rings. The solar system . The sun. The sun is a big star in the sinter of the solar system . it’s what . makes gravity. mercury. Mercury is the hoist planet in the universe . It is 28.8 miles away from the sun. . (On the next page, click on a planet to learn about it, then click on the spaceship to go back to the Solar System). Mercury. Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. It takes Mercury 88 days to orbit the Sun. The Smallest Of The Planets. Characteristics of . Mercury. Diameter. : . 3,032 miles. Mass. : . 3.30 x 10. 23. kg. Density. : . 5.427. . g /cm. 3. Surface . G. ravity . : . 3.7 m/sec. 2. Axial Tilt. Presentation. Career Technology. What is wrong with the following slides?. Are there Any Interesting Features About my Planet?. Mercury is the smallest planet. Mercury has HUNDREDS of craters!. The largest crater is called beethoven at 643 km.. A note to teachers. Activity Description. This presentation can be used to help consolidate the material learnt in the Planet Mission workshop. There is also an additional activity for pupils to create a postcard from their favourite planet.. By. . Gabriela Mendoza. Mercury. Mercury’s minimum distance from Earth . is 48 . million . miles.. A . year in Mercury is . equal . to 87.97 . Earth . days.. If you weigh 100 . lbs. . , . your weight on Mercury would be 38 lbs. By Wendell r. , . derek. d. ,griffin f. ,chase v.. What does the planet look like?. The Planet is Gray.. It Is Round.. It has lots of Craters.. This is what it looks like ===>. HAVE WE EXPLORED IT? . The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. explore . Mercury . More Information. Mission Objectives:. BepiColombo . has been designed to provide the measurements necessary to study and understand the composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury. . Size. Appearance. Having moons. Having rings. Period of rotation (how long a day is). How Can We classify Planets?. Look at your chart of information.. Approximate Diameter= How Big or small it is.. Period of Rotation = How long fast the planet spins on its axis. . American Southeast. . Hero or Villain?. . A Document Based Lesson. The New World and Hernando De Soto. Once Christopher Columbus returned to Spain with stories of wealth from the new land, Spain continued to send people. . explore . Mercury . More Information. Mission Objectives:. BepiColombo . has been designed to provide the measurements necessary to study and understand the composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury. .