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At its hottest point, temperatures on Mercury can rise as high as 700 Kelvin (430 °C) for the regions directly facing the Sun. And its colder side can get down to 110 Kelvin (-163 °C). But the absolute coldest parts of Mercury are the shadowed parts of the planet's polar craters. These are regions that never see sunlight, and the Mercury surface temperature can get as low as 90 Kelvin (-183 °C).
The Mercury average surface temperature, when you even it all out, is 452 Kelvin (179 °C).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoDuring the day Mercury has a surface temperature of over 400 C and at night the temperature -300 C.
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∙ 13y agoreally hot compared to earth. 800 degrees is the hottest -300 degrees is the lowest
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∙ 13y ago−183 °C to 427 °C
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Planet with hot surface and no atmosphere?
Mercury
What is the size of mercury comparing to earth?
Mercury is about 30% the size of Earth.
What is cinnabar formula?
Cinnabar is not a rock but it is a hydrothermal and toxic mineral that is the primary ore of mercury . It is found in rocks that are near hot springs or volcanic rocks near the surface of the Earth.
Why is Earth not as hot as Mercury and Venus?
Earth is farther from the sun than Mercury and Venus, and so recieves kess energy from the sun. Compared with Venus, Earth also has a lot less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, so it does not hold heat as easily. Since Mercury has almost not atmosphere to hold in heat, the night side of the planet is actually extremely cold.
What is the atmosphere and the temperature of mercury?
Mercury has no real atmosphere and the temperature on the surface is from 80,000 to 700,000 degrees.
Why is the surface of mercury covered with meteor impact craters while earth surface has relatively few craters?
Earth is a geologically active planet, the heat in its core moves the Earth's surface around and creates new oceans and mountains over time and these are eroded slowly by the processes going on in and caused by Earth's atmosphere. On Mercury there is no atmosphere and the planet no longer has a hot core causing its surface to be reworked, Thus the craters made in Earth's surface are erased over time while those on Mercury are not.
What is so hot that the metal is liquid?
the sun mercury is a liquid metal at room temperature so it really depends on the metal. It would depend a lot on what metal. If the metal is mercury then the surface of Planet Earth is so hot that mercury is liquid.
Planet with hot surface and no atmosphere?
Mercury
Are hot spots above or below Earth's surface?
Hot spots originate in the mantle, well below the Earth's surface.
What is the size of mercury comparing to earth?
Mercury is about 30% the size of Earth.
What is cinnabar formula?
Cinnabar is not a rock but it is a hydrothermal and toxic mineral that is the primary ore of mercury . It is found in rocks that are near hot springs or volcanic rocks near the surface of the Earth.
Why is there no life on mercury but on earth?
Too hot and no atmosphere.
Why is Earth not as hot as Mercury and Venus?
Earth is farther from the sun than Mercury and Venus, and so recieves kess energy from the sun. Compared with Venus, Earth also has a lot less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, so it does not hold heat as easily. Since Mercury has almost not atmosphere to hold in heat, the night side of the planet is actually extremely cold.
What is the atmosphere and the temperature of mercury?
Mercury has no real atmosphere and the temperature on the surface is from 80,000 to 700,000 degrees.
What is the surface on mercury like?
It looks very similar to Earth's moon, with craters and dust.
Why is earth's surface different than mars and mercury?
Mainly because of the distance to the sun, which makes Mercury a lot warmer and Mars a fair bit colder. Mercury is too hot to have any running water, and Mars is too small to retain an atmosphere.
What are Mercury's surface conditions?
Mercury's surface conditions are very much like the moon's surface conditions. Light areas and dark areas... It is very hot on Mercury, as it is very close to the Sun. But, surprisingly, it is not the hottest planet. Venus is the hottest planet...but let's not get there, shall we? It is basically impossible to stand on Mercury as it is just a ball of gas. The surface of Mercury is solid. It's never gaseous. The surface temperature can go as high as 840 degrees Fahrenheit. This is not hot enough to form a gas out of solid rock. It is hot enough to melt some metals.
