What are some phyisical features of Mercury?

Answer 1

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Mercury (the element) is a dense, silvery-white, poisonous metal with a mirror-like appearance. It is the only common metal that is liquid at room temperature. Mercury evaporates slowly at room temperature. You find this mercury in a thermometer as it is a transition metal, silvery-white in color, with an atomic weight of 200.59 and in a liquid state. It has a melting point of -38.83 degrees C, 234.32 Kelvin. In addition, it has a density @ 20 degrees C. of 13.546 g/cm3. Mercury and most of its compounds are highly toxic and the pure metal is absorbed easily by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin.

Mercury (the planet) has a mean surface temperature of 452 K, but it ranges from 90-700 K; The sunlight on Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as strong as it is on Earth, with the solar constant having a value of 9.13 kW/m². For about 800 million years Mercury was pummeled by comets and asteroids and therefore riddled with craters. These impacts were facilitated by the fact that Mercury has no atmosphere and therefore those objects colliding with the planet were not slowed. In addition, the planet was volcanically active during this period which resulted in magma plains.

Answer 2

Mercury has many physical features such as having magnetic poles, magnetic shock waves, craters, wrinkle ridges, and planes.

Answer 3

Mercury has many physical features such as having magnetic poles, magnetic shock waves, craters, wrinkle ridges, and planes.