📜 A Letter from the Champion of the Solar System Race 🏆 🏁 Mercury ☀️

Dear Children of Earth 🌍,

I’m Mercury—the fastest planet in our Solar System 🚀☀️. You might have seen me as a tiny bright dot ✨ near the Sun just after sunset 🌅 or before sunrise 🌄. I don’t stay in one place for long—I’m always rushing 🏃‍♂️💨 along my path. In fact, I can race around the Sun in only 88 of your days 📆! That means my year is shorter than your season of summer ☀️🍉.

I was born over 4.5 billion years ago ⏳, when clouds of dust 🌫️ and gas 💨 swirled together after the great cosmic explosion 💥. Back then, there was no “me,”no you, no other stars or planets at all—just tiny grains tumbling through space 🌌. Little by little, particles followed their laws, settled according their weight and here I am. I'm made out of rocks 🪨 and metal ⚙️settled according their weight.

The Sun’s warmth kept me close 🔥, but it also turned me into a planet of extremes. No life can exist on my surface—so, sadly, I can’t invite you over, my dear curious Earthlings. On my sunny side, it’s hotter than an oven baking fresh bread 🍞🔥, but on my dark side, it’s colder than the deepest freezer of ice cream ❄️🍦. I’m like two different worlds stuck together—one always blazing, the other always frozen.

And I have no air like yours to breathe 😮‍💨, no refreshing rain 🌧️, no oceans 🌊—only rocky plains 🏜️ and deep craters 🕳️ from when space rocks ☄️ slammed into me long ago. If you were standing here 👣, the Sun ☀️ would look three times bigger than it does from Earth—you’d need the biggest hat ever just to keep it out of your eyes! 🧢😲

I dance around the Sun just like your Earth does, but I don’t spin as quickly 🔄. One full spin—one sunrise to the next—takes 59 Earth days 🌅. That means you’d have nearly two whole months of daylight to play, run, draw, ride your bike, chat with friends, watch movies, read books, and visit museums… and then another 59 days of night to sleep, stargaze ✨, snuggle under blankets, and sleep some more. Two months of total coldness and darkness! (Imagine how long bedtime stories would be ! 📖🌙)

Oh, and remember that chart of the Sun 🌞—the one showing how small is Earth 🌍 and could fit 22 times inside just one of its bursting, fiery flames? 🔥 Well… I’m much smaller than Earth. If I tried to draw myself inside that flame, I wouldn’t even be a speck of dust—I’d be invisible! ✨ That’s how tiny I am in this giant family of planets. In fact, your home, planet Earth, is like my big brother—18 times bigger than me! So I draw another chart me, standing next to Earth. See how small I really am.

I may be small—smaller than your Moon 🌙—but I’m mighty 💪. My metal heart ❤️⚙️ makes me dense and strong, and helps me hold my place in the Sun’s big cosmic family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌌.

And you know what? Scientists on your planet have learned so much about me! With your advanced tools —powerful telescopes, speedy space probes, and clever computers—you’ve peeked at my rocky surface, taken my picture, and even named my craters. . 📸 Some are named after famous artists, musicians, and writers from your world. 🎨🎵✍️ You make me blush… I feel like a star! 🌟

Remember me , I'm always rushing. If there was a space running competition, I’d win the gold cup every time. 🏆 I’m the fastest planet around the Sun—nobody can beat me! Even you!

And here’s a challenge for you, dear Earthlings: pick another planet—or maybe even a moon, an asteroid, or a star—and imagine it writing a letter to children living on Earth. 📜✨What would it say about its size, speed, surface, and secrets? Would it brag about its rings like Saturn 💍, whisper about its storms like Jupiter 🌪️, or sing about its icy home like Neptune ❄️?

💭 I wonder… If you could slice me in half, how many layers would you find? Can you make a model showing my layers and tell my story to your friends.

With speedy greetings 🏃‍♂️💨,

Mercury