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Does mercury have a day and night?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Yep! All planets do, one day happens after each individual planet spins around completely while orbiting the sun! Each day for each planet is different! Some other planets have days that are 243 Earth days to 10 hours! Hope that helps!!

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