To understand the length of a day on Mercury, it is important to know the length of a Mercurian year. (Actually you don't need to know that.)
Mercury orbits the sun in about 88 Earth days. It rotates on its axis (day) three times for every two orbits around the Sun (year). A Mercurian year lasts about one and a half Mercurian days. That's about 58.65 Earth days for the length of
a day on Mercury.
Remember though that this is called a "sidereal day". There's also another day
called the "solar day". This is based on the apparent journey of the Sun round
the sky. For Earth these two days are only slightly different, but for Mercury the
difference is huge. The solar day is about 176 Earth days on Mercury.
One year on Mercury is about 88 Earth days long, 3/4 of a Mercurian day.
Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) 58.65 earth days Revolution period (length of year in Earth days)87.97 earth days
One Mercury Day is the equivalent of 59 earth days.
The length of day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth days. That's the rotation time, which is the sidereal day, but there's also the solar day. The solar day on Mercury is 176 Earth days.
58.6 Earth days x 24 for hours
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun in our Solar System. It rotates very slowly on its axis. The length of one day on Mercury is equal to 58 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes on Earth.
1 Mercury day = 58.6 Earth days
A day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth days long
Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) 58.65 earth days Revolution period (length of year in Earth days)87.97 earth days
One year on Mercury is about 88 Earth days long, 3/4 of a Mercurian day.
One Mercury Day is the equivalent of 59 earth days.
One day on Mercury is equal to 1407.6 Earth hours.
The length of day on Mercury is 58.646 Earth days. That's the rotation time, which is the sidereal day, but there's also the solar day. The solar day on Mercury is 176 Earth days.
58.6 Earth days x 24 for hours
Mercury - Length of Year: 88 Earth Days | Day Lasts: 4222.6 Earth Hours (175.94 Earth Days)Venus - Length of Year: 224.7 Earth Days | Day Lasts: 2802 Earth Hours (2778 Earth Days)Mars - Length of Year: 1 Earth Year 322 Earth Days | Day Lasts: 24.6597 Earth Hours (1.02 Earth Days)Jupiter - Length of Year: 11.86 Earth Years | Day Lasts: 9.9259 Earth Hours (0.44 Earth Days)Saturn - Length of Year: 29.5 Earth Years | Day Lasts: 10.656 Earth Hours (0.43 Earth Days)Neptune - Length of Year: 164.79 Earth Years | Day Lasts: 16.11 Earth Hours (0.7 Earth Days)Uranus - Length of Year: 84 Earth Years | Day Lasts: 17.24 Earth Hours (0.7 Earth Days)Pluto - Length of Year: 248.5 Earth Years | Day Lasts: 153 Earth Hours (6.4 Earth Days)
Mercury rotates once in about 58.6 Earth days. That's one definition of its day. However, Mercury's "solar day" lasts about 176 Earth days. That "day" is based on the position of the Sun in the sky. It depends on Mercury's orbital motion as well as its rotation on its axis.
The rotation period of Mercury is about 59 Earth Days (58.646 days).However, Mercury's orbit of the Sun takes just 88 Earth days, and the result is that the solar day (sunrise to sunrise) on Mercury is much longer. In fact, it is 176 Earth days, or twice the length of the year. The counterclockwise movement around the Sun is in the same direction as the planet turns, preventing the normal rotational day.
A mercury day (sidereal rotation period) is 58.646 earth days = 1407.5 hours.