Because - Mercury takes that long to rotate once on its axis. Each of the planets in our solar system ratates at different speeds
One day on Mercury is equal to about 59 Earth days.
88 earth days * * * * * Actually, that is a Mercury year! A mercury day is 58.64 earth days.
Mercury has very very long days. Each day on Mercury last as long as 58 hours, 15 hours on earth.
No, one Mercury day is equal to 58.6 Earth days
It takes about 88 of our days to orbit the sun.
One day on Mercury is equal to about 59 Earth days.
1 Mercury day = 58.6 Earth days
88 earth days * * * * * Actually, that is a Mercury year! A mercury day is 58.64 earth days.
One day on Mercury is equivalent to 58 days, 15 hours on Earth. Alternatively, 1 earth day is equal to 0.017 Mercury days.
Mercury has very very long days. Each day on Mercury last as long as 58 hours, 15 hours on earth.
one full day on mercury is 88 earth days
59 Earth Days(58.646day) equal to a mercury day.
16200 days
58.6 Earth days
Mercury rotates once in about 59 Earth days. That is often called its "day". There's another definition of day called the "solar day". For Mercury that's 176 Earth days. So, you can see there's only a small fraction of a Mercury day in one Earth day.
No, one Mercury day is equal to 58.6 Earth days
It takes about 88 of our days to orbit the sun.