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Detailed explanation-1: -Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It’s a little bigger than Earth’s Moon. It is the closest planet to the Sun, but it’s actually not the hottest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets because it has the smallest circumference and has the smallest mass. The circumference of Mercury is about 9500 miles, and the second smallest planet is Mars with a circumference of just over 13, 000 miles.

Detailed explanation-3: -In case you’re wondering, though, Mercury is still significantly larger than the dwarf planet Pluto: Pluto’s equatorial diameter is just 2, 302 km, about half Mercury’s width.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mercury is much smaller than Venus, Mercury is about twice as close to the Sun as Venus, Mercury is much less reflective than Venus, and. Mercury has no atmosphere, while Venus has a very thick atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -Planets are enormous astronomical bodies that are neither stars nor stellar remnants. The solar system is the gravitationally bound system that includes the Sun and its orbiting components. The size of mercury is the smallest among all the eight planets in the solar system. The radius of mercury is 2439.7 km. More items