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MERCURY FACTS
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Mercury Facts
The sun appears 2 1/2 times larger in the sky of Mercury compared to the
Earth's.
If you weigh 200-300 pounds on Earth, you would might weigh about 74-111 pounds on
Mercury.
Mercury has no atmosphere. It has small traces of an atmosphere which consists minute quantities of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sodium, Potassium and argon.
Because of the lack of atmosphere, Mercury's sky is black and the stars
possibly can be seen during the day.
It takes less than 88 Earth days for Mercury to orbit around the sun.
Because of a lack of an atmosphere, the temperature rises to about 800°F while
on the dark side it drops quickly to about -300°F.
Mercury is known as a iron rich planet in the Solar System with an iron core
like Earth.
The surface of Mercury is heavily cratered, looking much like our moon.
Mercury rotates slowly on its axis. It finishes one rotation every 59 Earth
days.
As a result of the planet's slow rotation on its axis and rapid movement
around the sun, a day on Mercury—that is, the interval between one sunrise and
the next—lasts about 180 Earth days.
The sun's rays are about seven times as strong on Mercury as they are on the
Earth.
Earth's.
If you weigh 200-300 pounds on Earth, you would might weigh about 74-111 pounds on
Mercury.
Mercury has no atmosphere. It has small traces of an atmosphere which consists minute quantities of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sodium, Potassium and argon.
Because of the lack of atmosphere, Mercury's sky is black and the stars
possibly can be seen during the day.
It takes less than 88 Earth days for Mercury to orbit around the sun.
Because of a lack of an atmosphere, the temperature rises to about 800°F while
on the dark side it drops quickly to about -300°F.
Mercury is known as a iron rich planet in the Solar System with an iron core
like Earth.
The surface of Mercury is heavily cratered, looking much like our moon.
Mercury rotates slowly on its axis. It finishes one rotation every 59 Earth
days.
As a result of the planet's slow rotation on its axis and rapid movement
around the sun, a day on Mercury—that is, the interval between one sunrise and
the next—lasts about 180 Earth days.
The sun's rays are about seven times as strong on Mercury as they are on the
Earth.