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Why was mercury able to retain its atmosphere during its formation?
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Why was Mercury unable to retain an atmosphere during formations?
Mercury has a high surface temperature and a low mass
Why was Mercury unable to retain an atmosphere during its formation?
Mercury is unable to retain an atmosphere because of its tiny mass. It is mass is barely 5.5% of Earth's so it cannot sustain an atmosphere.
Why does Mercury have very little Atmosphere?
Its low mass has made it hard for it to retain any gases at all as an atmosphere
What are the average temperatures on Mercury?
VERY COLD! Mercury has no atmosphere to retain the heat, so on the side not facing the Sun, it can get down to like, -270 degrees Fahrenheit
Is Mercury a trrrestrial or gas giant?
Mercury is a rocky planet and is too close to the sun to retain much of an atmosphere, much less become a gas giant.
Does planet mercury have oxygen?
Mercury has almost no atmosphere at all, being too small and too hot to retain one. Trace amounts of molecular oxygen are present in a tenuous exosphere, and of course oxygen is bound in molecules on its surface rock and icy regions.
Why is earth's surface different than mars and mercury?
Mainly because of the distance to the sun, which makes Mercury a lot warmer and Mars a fair bit colder. Mercury is too hot to have any running water, and Mars is too small to retain an atmosphere.
What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.
Is there living in mercury similar to earth?
no because mercury is hotter Mercury is dry, extremely hot and almost airless. Planet Mercury is too small for its gravity to retain any significant atmosphere over long periods of time. The weak atmosphere contains hydrogen, helium, oxygen, sodium, calcium and potassium. Due to the heat of the planet, the very thin atmosphere is blasted off its surface by the solar wind and quickly escapes into space. Mercury's atmosphere is constantly being replenished. Mercury does not have enough atmosphere to slow down meteoroids and burn them up by friction. The sun's rays are approximately seven times as strong on Mercury as they are on the Earth. The sun also appears about 2 1/2 times as large in Mercury's sky as in the Earth's.
Whats the warmest planet?
In our solar system its Venus. Although it's only the second closest planet to the sun after mercury, it has a thick atmosphere which helps to retain it's heat.
Does the atmosphere retain heat at night?
Yes it does.
Why the moon is colder?
No atmosphere to retain heat
