Mercury+-+By+Aaron+P

**The Planet Mercury**
=== The Planet Mercury is 57,910,000 km from the sun making it the closest planet to the sun. It is also the smallest planet now that Pluto is a dwarf planet. There is a slight magnetic field on Mercury and the atmosphere is some hydrogen, helium and oxygen. ===

=== The surface conditions are among the harshest in the Solar System. During the long Mercurian day the temperature rises to about 425 degrees Celsius, hot enough to melt lead and hotter than any planet except Venus. ===