Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
It is only 39 million miles from the sun.
Mercury
is covered with millions of craters.
Below is a photo of the Caloris Basin which is the area closest to the Sun of any planet when Mercury is at perihelion (closest to the Sun). The temperature a noon is over 800 0F.
You
can see the edge of a very large crater to the left of the picture