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How do scientists know that the surface of Mercury is much older than that of Earth?
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How much older is older mercury that earth?
mercury is 1,000,000 years older than earth the mith says it got to the range hola nachos nacos!
Why are you older on mercury?
Because relative to Earth, on Mercury time itself passes slower because of the stronger gravitational field of the Sun experienced by Mercury (it is closer to the Sun than the Earth). Thus measured from the Earth you would appear older than you are biologically.
Which terrestrial planets has a surface landscape similar to that of the older areas of the Moon?
mercury
How do scientists know that mercury is older than earth?
The surface of Mercury is very heavily cratered. This indicates that there is little or nothing working to wear down the craters. The surface must be at least as old as the craters, many of which date to the early solar system.
Is the age of the Earth older than any surface rock layer?
Yes, the planet Earth is older then any rock layer found on its surface. When Earth first formed it was entirely molten and layers of rock did not start forming until after it had cooed and the surface had solidified.
What planet contains craters making it look similar to earth's moon?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have impact craters. Earth's craters are subject to weathering, subduction and orogeny, erasing them from the surface after a time. Mercury is an airless world, geologically inactive, so it has preserved its craters from the beginning of the solar system. Mercury's appearance is most like that of our moon.
Is the sun older than mercury?
Yes, The sun is a lot older than Mercury, The way Mercury was formed was from rocks in space floating around and forming a new planet all together. The sun was there way before it, And was there before the Earth formed.
How geologist study the earth?
The physics and the formation of the Earth.
Would a human be younger or older on mercury?
The Earth rotates a little over 360 degrees in a 24 hour period, thus making a "day". The Earth revolves around the Sun once in approximately 365 days. That's an "Earth year". Mercury revolves around the Sun once every 88 days. That's a "Mercury year". So a little over 4 Mercury years would pass in the same amount of time it takes for an Earth year to pass. So say I'm 38 in Earth years, and I calculated the same age for Mercury. Converting my Earth years to Mercury years, I would be approximately 158. That is, if I spent 38 Earth years on Mercury, it would add up to approximately 158 Mercury years. So, in a sense, you would be "older". However, if you were born and raised on Mercury and spent 38 Mercury years there and then came to Earth, you would be only just over 9 years old in Earth years. So that in a sense would make you "younger". Of course, you wouldn't really be older or younger. Actually, Relativity Theory predicts that there would be extremely small, but real effects, caused by differences in orbital velocities and gravitational field strengths. However, I'm pretty sure that's not what this question meant.
Are older or more recent rock layers usually closer to Earth's surface?
More recent - in concordance with the law of superposition.
Is there mercury in a computer?
Older computers might have mercury, but most modern computers are Mercury-Free.
Why is it that the features on the Moon's surface are older than those observed on Earth?
Because the moon has no atmosphere and no liquid water on its surface, it has no weather and no life. Weather, and living things, both tend to change existing surface features. So, features don't last as long on the Earth as they do on the moon.
