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2. Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets. It is slightly larger than Earth's moon.
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3. Mercury is the fastest planet to orbit the sun. It takes 88 Earth days for Mercury to fully orbit the sun.
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4. Mercury's day is longer than it's year! Mercury rotates slowly but it's orbit is faster than the other planets which means that it's day is longer than it's year. In a day on Mercury there 1,407h, 30m and 14 seconds/176 Earth days. (Imagine waiting for a day to pass on Mercury only to find out that it has been about 2 years)
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