Rocket and Astronaut
EasyAges 4-11
A rocket lifting off with an astronaut, stars and a crescent moon. Bold outlines for younger children.
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Mercury Coloring Page
Mercury is the first planet out from the Sun and the smallest of the eight. On this sheet it fills the page, so its craters are easy to colour one at a time.
Children who like repeating shapes tend to enjoy this one: each crater can be a slightly different shade of grey, brown or blue.
Learn While You Color
Closest to the Sun
Mercury orbits nearer the Sun than any other planet, and it races around it in just 88 Earth days. That is why a year on Mercury is shorter than one school term.
Hot and cold at once
Mercury has almost no atmosphere to hold heat in, so the side facing the Sun becomes scorching while the shaded side turns bitterly cold. The difference between them is greater than on any other planet.
Why so many craters
With no thick air to burn up incoming rocks, everything that hits Mercury leaves a mark, and nothing washes those marks away. The craters on this sheet have been there for billions of years.
Fun facts
- Mercury is only a little larger than Earth's Moon.
- A year on Mercury lasts 88 Earth days.
- Mercury has no moons of its own.
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