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Is Mercury rocky or gaseous

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Mercury is a rocky planet. The inner planets (first four planets from the sun) are rocky planets (which means that you could stand on them) and are the smallest. While the outer planets (last four planets from the sun) are gas planets and the biggest.

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Mercury is one of the four Rocky or inner planets. Also known as a terrestrial planet.

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Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun and is rocky like the other inner planets.

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Mercury is a rocky planet, also known as a terrestrial or inner planet.

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its a ROCKY planet :)

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Mercury is the most rocky.

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They are both rocky planets.

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ROCKY**

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Mercury is a Rocky Planet.

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gassy

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