Does the planet mercury have any seasons?

Answer 1

There are no seasons on Mercury.

Mercury has a very slight axial tilt to the plane of its orbit, about 2° compared to about 23.5° for Earth. So there would be extremely little seasonal change.

However, Mercury also has no real atmosphere. And most places on the surface experience 88 Earth days of searing heat followed by 88 Earth days of incredible cold. So there is no temperate zone to experience a yearly cycle of seasonal temperatures.

Answer 2

Not as we know seasons. There is little tilt to Mercury's rotation, and the planet experiences the same temperature cycle year round.

The planet's rotation and orbit mean that any location on the surface experiences 88 Earth days of blistering heat followed by 88 days of incredible cold. The lack of any real atmosphere means that little heat is circulated between the sunward and shadow sides. The polar regions have a lower average temperature than the rest of the planet, but there does not appear to be any stable temperate zone anywhere on Mercury.

Mercury's very elongated orbit (high eccentricity) would cause some "seasonal" effects in that the temperature would be higher on the sunward side when it was closer to the Sun. However, even at aphelion when the insolation is lower by 40%, the equatorial temperature is still over 550K (530°F). The low temperatures on the night side are only minimally changed.

Answer 3

Mercury has a very slight axial tilt to the plane of its orbit, about 2° compared to about 23.5° for Earth. So there would be extremely little seasonal change.

However, Mercury also has no real atmosphere. And most places on the surface experience 88 Earth days of searing heat followed by 88 Earth days of incredible cold. So there is no temperate zone to experience a yearly cycle of seasonal temperatures.

Answer 4

Yes it has seasons.

The main cause of seasons is usually the tilt of a planet's axis. However Mercury

has an axial tilt of less than one degree. In the case of Mercury it is the large

variations in its distance from the Sun that cause seasons.

Answer 5

The planet Mercury rotates 3 times in two of it years so it has some bizzare seasonal, changes.Ê It is virtually impossible to tell when seasons change on Mercury.Ê The stars in the sky move 3 times as fast as they do here on Earth. And, the temperatures go from one extreme, 700C, in the day and to the other, 90C, in the nighttime.

Answer 6

No seasonal temperature doesn't exist on Mercury. Mercury doesn't have a tilt which causes seasons and it has no applicable atmosphere.

Answer 7

No. Mercury has no seasons due to the fact that it has a tilt of 0 degrees, the Earth has a tilt of 23.5 degrease so it does have seasons.

Answer 8

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