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Mercury is the first planet in the solar system with the shortest year and the longest day.
the temperatures here are incredibly extreme and so it cannot support life. moreover, it has a very thin atmosphere which allows radiations, both harmful and useful, to pass through it. if any creature can adapt to conditions so unbearable, then probably it can survive on even mercury!:)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoBasically, because the surface gets far too hot to support life. It also rotates extremely slowly. In the time it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis (a day), it makes two orbits around the sun (a year).
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∙ 8y agoMercury has no atmosphere, no protective magnetic field, and is extremely hot during the day and extremely cold at night. There isn't anything from which life might be able to form, and conditions are extremely inhospitable.
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How would a person get choked in Mercury?
Yes, because Mercury doesn't have much atmosphere and air to support life, and Mercury is to hot to live on
Why cant life exist on mercury?
Because it is to close to the sun, it gets way to hot.
Organic life on mercury?
Our understanding of life would suggest that life on Mercury is impossible. Mercury is an Iron Core Planet that has had all its exterior layers burned away. Its proximity to the sun, and it's composition, suggests to us, that no life we would easily identify as life, could exist on Mercury. This would include surface life, and sub-surface life. It is simply too hot, and the limited minerals available, to support life as we are capable of recognizing it. -Dejunai
How is it possible for Mercury to have frozen ice?
because Mercury cant trap heat because it has no atmosphere
Does mercury have life?
The Planet Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and much too hot to support life. However, some ice has been found in deep caverns and in the parts that never receive sunlight. In terms of the chemical element, some fish contain mercury, but they are not always safe to eat.
Why no Earthling plants or animals can live on Mercury?
because mercury cant support life
Can Mercury support your life?
no
How can the moon support life?
It cant
Why doesnt Mercury suport life?
Mercury does not have enough atmosphere and is too hot / cold to support life.
Does mercury have enough ability to support life?
No because mercury has a thin atmosphere
Is Mercury different from earth?
Mercury can not support life, Mercury does not have an atmosphere, no seasons, shorter orbit around the sun, etc.
Why could Saturn support life?
Saturn cannot support life. a hydrogen and helium atmosphere cant support life. then theres the radiation factor too.
What does the author say about the possibility of life on Mercury?
This author says Mercury would appear to be too hostile an environment to support life as we know it.
How does mercury help support life on earth?
because its part of the universe
How would a person get choked in Mercury?
Yes, because Mercury doesn't have much atmosphere and air to support life, and Mercury is to hot to live on
How many people can live on Mercury?
As many as can get hold of it, I'd imagine.
Why cant life exist on mercury?
Because it is to close to the sun, it gets way to hot.
