Mercury
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Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive. orbit: 57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) from Sun diameter: 4,880 km mass: 3.30e23 kg

My best to date mercury. Date and Time: 1-9-2005 1008 UT Camera: Celestron Neximage CCD Telescope: Skydesigns 14.5"nonmotorized dob/2 x barlow Capture Software: Amcapp / gain=0 Shutter=1/30 1 avi @ 12 FPS Processing Software: Registax / Photoshop Location: Burleson ,Texas