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Both the planet Mercury and the Moon are heavily cratered. There is little erosion because neither has a real atmosphere, or liquid water, or large scale geologic activity such as volcanoes.
This also means that the Moon has the same large temperature variations as Mercury (extremely hot in the sunlight, frigidly cold at night), but not to the same extremes as on Mercury. A location on the Moon will experience 14 Earth days of sunlight followed by 14 days of night. For Mercury, this period is 88 Earth days in the Sun followed by 88 days facing away.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoBoth surfaces are rocky, heavily cratered, and have no liquid water. Mercury does have a tenuous atmosphere but it does not contribute to much erosion.
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What othe object in space does mercury resemble why?
Mercury resembles Earth's Moon in appearance
Does mercury and the moon have a similar sized core?
No. Mercury has a much larger core than the moon does.
What planet is the same size as the earths moon?
Mercury is roughly the same size, but it is bigger than our Moon.
Which terrestrial planets has a surface landscape similar to that of the older areas of the Moon?
mercury
Is the moon the mercury's sister planet?
No, because the Moon is not a planet. However, they are similar in several ways, especially their cratered surfaces.
Which planet has a cratered surface similar to Earths moon?
The planet Mercury has the most similar cratered surface compared to the moon.
What othe object in space does mercury resemble why?
Mercury resembles Earth's Moon in appearance
Why doesn't the earths surface resemble that mercury and the moon?
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How are mercury and earths moon the same?
Mercury looks a lot like the far side of the moon. It is lifeless and littered with countless craters.
Does mercury and the moon have a similar sized core?
No. Mercury has a much larger core than the moon does.
Is Mercury similar to venus Pluto mars earth's moon?
Mercury is most similar to Earth's moon. Like the moon it is a rocky, airless world covered in craters.
How is the planet mercury and your planet similar?
It's similar to our moon.
What planet is similar to Luna?
how is mercury like luna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How far is the earths moon from mercury?
Varying from the the distance from the Earth to the Moon + the distance from the sun to the earth + the distance from mercury to the sun, to the distance from the earth to the sun - the distance from mercury to the sun - the distance from the earth to the moon
What planet is the same size as the earths moon?
Mercury is roughly the same size, but it is bigger than our Moon.
Does mercury have an atmosphere that is very similar to earth's atmosphere?
mercury has no atmosphere which means it is nothing like earths.
What other planet has a satellite similar to earths moon?
pluto
