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Probably lots of things.
It is closest to the sun, it has the thinnest atmosphere, it has the largest iron core compared to it's overall size, it is the smallest planet, and it has the most eccentric orbit.
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∙ 12y agoMercury is much smaller, much closer to the Sun, and has no moons.
Mercury is hotter on one side than Earth, and colder on the other side. Mercury has no real atmosphere, no liquid water, and apparently no lifeforms.
A solar day on Mercury is about 176 Earth days, or twice as long as its year (88 Earth days). Its slow rotation and comparatively shorter orbit create this strange situation.
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∙ 12y agoMercury has too little gravity to keep a moon in orbit around itself.
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∙ 13y agoThe Moon was formed when a Mars-sized object impacted Earth, where Mercury was formed by material that clumped together after the sun was formed.
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∙ 12y agomercury looks like a moon because it is livee
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∙ 12y agoMercury is the closest planet to the sun and Venus is the second closest. Mercury is smaller than Venus.
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What is the size comparison of Mercury and the Moon?
Mercury is only a half larger than the moon, with 1.45 times the surface area of our moon. Mercury-4,880 km Moon-3,476 km
Is mercury or the moon closer to earth's size?
Mercury is larger than the moon and so is closer in size to Earth than the moon is. It should be noted that Mercury is closer in size to the moon than it is to Earth.
Does mercury and the moon have a similar sized core?
No. Mercury has a much larger core than the moon does.
Does Mercury have moon and if so what are they called?
mercury has no moons
Does Mercury have volcanoes craters rings etc?
Mercury has volcanoes and craters like the moon, but no rings, only the gas giants have rings, and Mercury has no moon.
Is mercury's moon applicable?
Mercury does not have a moon.
What do Earth's moon and Mercury's moon have in common?
Nothing. Mercury does not have a moon.
Does Mercury have a moon if so what is it called?
No, Mercury does not have a moon.
Does Mercury's moon have tectonic plates?
Mercury does not have a moon.
Why are Mercury and the Earth's moon so cratered?
Because in the past, just after the moon and Mercury was formed a lot of asteroids hit mercury and the moon.
How many is the moon in the planet mercury and what is the name?
Mercury does not have a moon.
How are earth's moon and mercury's moons alike?
Mercury does not have a moon.
What happened to Mercury's moon?
There is no evidence that Mercury ever had a moon.
Isn't there four moon on Mercury?
On the contrary, the planet Mercury has no moon.
Is Mercury's moons bigger than our moon?
No, because Mercury has no moon.
Will it be possible to have a full moon on Mercury?
Mercury doesn't have a moon, so they couldn't have a full moon.
What are the differences between the moon and mercury?
mercury belong to planet while moon was not.
