Why does Mercury have the greatest range of temperature during the day than any other planet?

Answer 1

It's the closest planet to the sun, so the "day" side gets HOT.

(it has a very slow rotation, about 2/3 of its year)

while the night side gets to radiate heat into outer space

(there's no atmosphere to help trap any of that heat).

Answer 2

There are 3main reasons: 1) Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.

2) Mercury has a very thin atmosphere, so there is essentially nothing to keep the heat on its surface when night time arrives.

3) Mercury has a slow rotation - it takes approximately 58 Earth days for it to make one full rotation around its axis. As such, the side that is facing the sun will become quite hot, heating up to a toasty 427°C. On the side that is facing away from the sun, the warmth previously gained is quickly lost, resulting in the temperatures dipping down to a chilly -173°C.

Answer 3

Three reasons.

first - It is very close to the sun and is blasted by severe heat radiation.

second - It rotates so slowly that one hemisphere is facing away from the Sun for a long time and doesn't get heated by it during that time.

third - There's no atmosphere to transfer heat around the planet

Answer 4

It is not. Venus' temperature is higher due to its runaway greenhouse effect.

Answer 5

It doesn't. Venus has the "hottest" temperature of the planets.

Answer 6

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Its close proximity to the sun causes it's temperature to be the most extreme out of any other planet.

Answer 7

because it's the planet closest to the sun dugh :P

Answer 8

Mercury is not the hottest planet, that accolade goes to Venus,.