Come to Mercury There is more sun and more fun'

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Come to Mercury! There is more sun and more fun.

• By Avery Gregory, James Hogan, Eliana Sheriff,
  and Chandler LoCascio
• April 28, 2003
• Mercury

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Introduction

• Mercury is a sun-hugger
• Mercury has no moons
• This planet is unique because it has days longer
  than 24 hours. It also has the shortest year of
  all the planets. How amazing! You will gain loads
  of knowledge and receive information about the
  amazing, fantastic, and interesting planet
  Mercury!!! Keep reading this brochure and you
  will learn what to pack , some fascinating facts,
  and much, much , much more!!! (plus get coupons
  for mandatory things on this planet!!!).

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Travel

• Climb aboard the Space Arrow 3,000 for a 36 hour
  flight.
• Each of the 164 cabins have 2 beds, 2 TVs, and a
  small bathroom.
• All TVs have video games, 500 channels, and
  in-room-movies.
• Ship has spa, arcade, 4 restaurants,a skating
  rink, rock climbing wall, and a daycare center.
• We will be moving at 1,333,333 miles per hour
• All this will cost a mere 10,000

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Tours/Places of Interest

• TOURS
• Carolis Basin Tour
• -Taken across 800 mile diameter
• -hiking up steep cliffs
• Magnetic Field Tour
• -across diameter, observing flat landscape
• SIGHTS
• Iron Plains
• -free iron specimens
• North South craters
• -observe freezing temperature
• -ice hiking at pit

The Carolis Basin is very attractive to the
guests eye. With hardly any cliffs or craters,
this basin is a must see!
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What to Pack

• SPF 15,000- Will protect you from the extreme
  sun conditions.
• Inner Space ID- Will let you go past the Hover
  Agents.
• Swimsuit- Helps you get a copper tan that you
  dont have to go to a tanning booth for.
• Sun Goggles- Will protect your eyes from bubbling
  up.

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The Facts

• THE SURFACE
  
• -Full of iron
• -craters with ice at bottom
• ATMOSPHERE
• -mainly helium
• -4 layers-very thin
• ORBIT
• -day is 59 Earth days
• -year is 88 Earth days
• DISTANCE
• -1st planet from sun
• -92 million km from earth
• -70 million km from sun
• TEMPERATURE
• -day is 801 degrees F
• -night is -213 degrees F
• UNIQUE FEARTURES
• -means messenger of gods
• -core is iron

Mercury is a dense planet that revolves quickly
around the sun. Many astronomers are astounded
that its day is more than 2/3 of its year!
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Illustrations

• The first picture that you see is is a close-up
  of the surface of Mercury. The second picture is
  a picture of Mercury (the whole planet). The
  third picture is a picture of the solar system
  (including Mercury). Now for some interesting
  facts. Did you now that Mercury is a sun -hugger
  (which means it is 1 of the 4 closest planets to
  the sun)? In fact, it is the closest out of those
  4 planets. Mercury has an iron core and a thin
  mantle compared with the Earth. Mercury also has
  rugged highlands and smooth plains.Those are 3
  facts about Mercury..

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Coupons

• 20 Off
• Space ride
• ( save 2,000 )
• Redeem on The Space Arrow 3,000

• Free!
• Spf 15,000
• ( save 5,000 )
• Redeem on The Space Arrow 3,000

Buy 1 Get 1 Free!!!!!! Ice and Heating
Pads (save 200) Redeem on planet Mercury
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Bibliography
Mercury- close but bright!
The sun planet!

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