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Mercury
is the smallest and closest to the
Sun
of the eight
planets
in the
Solar System
. It has no known
natural satellites
. The planet is named after the
Roman deity
Mercury
, the messenger to the gods.
Photograph:
NASA
/
APL
/
CIS
; edit:
Jjron
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