\r\rPlanets, asteroids, and comets orbit our Sun. They travel around our Sun in a flattened circle called an ellipse. It takes the Earth one year to go around the Sun. Mercury goes around the Sun in only 88 days. It takes Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet, 248 years to make one trip around the Sun.
\r\rMoons orbit planets. Right now, Jupiter has the most named moons—50. Mercury and Venus don't have any moons. Earth has one. It is the brightest object in our night sky. The Sun, of course, is the brightest object in our daytime sky. 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The map's enhanced colors, produced by special filters fitted on the camera, tell a story about the chemical, mineralogical and geological history of the innermost planet in our solar system. Young craters, for example, appear light blue or white. Tan regions mark plains formed by lava flows. Dark blue represents areas rich in a dark mineral. Watch the visualization for a tour of this colorful new view of Mercury. || ", "release_date": "2013-03-21T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:52:17.752301-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 467100, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011100/a011197/messenger_2sides_1024x576.jpg", "filename": "messenger_2sides_1024x576.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A NASA spacecraft creates the first complete map of Mercury.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }