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Is it dark in mercury at night?
Yes, it is dark on Mercury during its night time. This is because Mercury does not have an atmosphere to scatter sunlight, so when the Sun sets on one side of the planet, the other side is in complete darkness.
What is the minimum teprature on Mercury?
Because Mercury has a very thin atmosphere, there is little heat transport. During the 88 days that one side is facing away from the Sun, the temperature can drop as low as -184 °C (-300 °F). Near the poles, there are perpetually cold spots in deep craters where sunlight never reaches.
What is the average temperature in Fahrenheit for Mercury?
The average temperature on Mercury can vary significantly, ranging from about -290°F on its dark side to over 800°F on its sunlit side. However, the overall average temperature on Mercury is approximately 332°F.
Why do you think the temperature on Mercury's dark side is so cold even though it's close to the sun?
Once it was thought that Mercury does not rotate. We now know that Mercury does rotate, and it takes 58.6 of our days to make one revolution. So in answer to your question every part of Mercury gets very cold and also very hot. The temperature on the surface ranges from -170o C to 430oC (-270oF to 800oF) And the side that faces away from the Sun gets so cold because there is no atmosphere on Mercury to retain the heat. It is facing space, the heat that it absorbed while facing the Sun radiates away, and as space is cold so the surface gets cold.
What planet has the least variation in surface temperature?
Mercury has the least variation in surface temperature among the planets in our solar system. This is because it has almost no atmosphere to trap heat, leading to very hot temperatures on the sunny side and very cold temperatures on the dark side.
What is the averege temperature on Mercury?
−183 °C on the dark side, to 427 °C on the sunlit side.
What is the temperature of mercury at day time?
Mean temperature is 442.5 K (169C, 336F) and ranges from 100K (-173C, -279F) on the dark side to 700K (426C, 800F) on the sunny side
Is mercury the coldest planet at night?
No, the dark side of the planets temperature averages 110 K. which is much hotter then the mean surface temperature of say Neptune at 72K.
Is it dark in mercury at night?
Yes, it is dark on Mercury during its night time. This is because Mercury does not have an atmosphere to scatter sunlight, so when the Sun sets on one side of the planet, the other side is in complete darkness.
What is the minimum teprature on Mercury?
Because Mercury has a very thin atmosphere, there is little heat transport. During the 88 days that one side is facing away from the Sun, the temperature can drop as low as -184 °C (-300 °F). Near the poles, there are perpetually cold spots in deep craters where sunlight never reaches.
What is the average temperature in Fahrenheit for Mercury?
The average temperature on Mercury can vary significantly, ranging from about -290°F on its dark side to over 800°F on its sunlit side. However, the overall average temperature on Mercury is approximately 332°F.
Why mercury has a surface temperature of 400degrees Celsius and when night it falls to nearly -200degrees Celsius?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. The sun-ward side is therefore heated to 400 by the sun. However the side facing away form the sun gets no incident heat from the sun and is therefore as cool as space (the atmosphere of Mercury is too thin to transfer heat round to the dark side of the planet and too thin to provide a thermal blanket). The dark side is therefore at -200.
Why do you think the temperature on Mercury's dark side is so cold even though it's close to the sun?
Once it was thought that Mercury does not rotate. We now know that Mercury does rotate, and it takes 58.6 of our days to make one revolution. So in answer to your question every part of Mercury gets very cold and also very hot. The temperature on the surface ranges from -170o C to 430oC (-270oF to 800oF) And the side that faces away from the Sun gets so cold because there is no atmosphere on Mercury to retain the heat. It is facing space, the heat that it absorbed while facing the Sun radiates away, and as space is cold so the surface gets cold.
What is the average day and night time temperature on mercury?
One side of Mercury always faces the sun so there is no nightime or daytime per se...only the darkside and the lightside of the planet. Light side 700K or 425C Dark side 100K or -173C
At room temperature there are only two elements bromine and mercury that exist as what?
Bromine and mercury exist as liquids at room temperature. Bromine is a dark red-brown liquid, while mercury is a silvery liquid.
Are nights hot on Mercury?
Yes, for some reason, Mercury is freezing cold on the side that's not facing the sun, for being the hottest planet in the Solar System, it is cold on the dark side of Mercury
How hot does it get on the side of Mercury closet to the sun?
At the equator, the surface temperature on Mercury (facing the sun) can reach 700K (430'C).
