Definitions
An oval pattern, not in a circle in which Mercury revolves around the sun
What is elliptical?
Another word for rotating
What is spinning?
The two spacecrafts that were sent to Mercury to gather information
What is Mariner 10 and Messenger?
The hottest temperature of Mercury during the day
What is 800 degrees F?
These people gave Mercury its name
Who are the Romans?
Earth-like
What is terrestrial?
Moving in a circle around the sun
What is revolving?
The year Mariner 10 was launched
What is 1973?
The coldest temperature of Mercury at night
What is -290 degrees F?
The surface of Mercury looks like this
What is many craters?
What is gaseous?
The number of days it takes Mercury to rotate around the sun
What is 88 Earth days?
The mission of Mariner 10
What is to take pictures and collect information about Venus and Mercury?
Three reasons why we could not live on Mercury
What is too cold, too hot, and no oxygen?
What is asteroids may have hit it?
Another word for space rocks
What are asteriods?
The number of Earth days it takes Mercury to rotate one time
What is 59 Earth days?
The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury
What is Messenger?
The color of the sky on Mercury
What is black or dark?
The best time of the year to see Mercury without a telescope?
What is early in the morning or early at night?
No person is on the spacecraft
What is unmanned spacecraft?
Mercury orbits around the sun in this shape
What is an oval?
This happened to Messenger
What is crashed into the planet's surface?
The color of the sun to someone standing on Mercury
What is white?
Describe Mercury in four complete sentences
What is empty, very dry, craters, terrestrial, Earth-like, etc?